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Notts County vs WycombeLeague Two 2018

Notts County
Notts County
FT
02
HT: 01
Wycombe
Wycombe
12/10/2016League TwoLeague Two · Round 20Meadow Lane Stadium (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 12+ matches

Notts County36%
×Draw31%
Wycombe33%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Notts County
1.02
Wycombe
0.95

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 95 home / 12 away

creates per match

Notts County
1.61
Wycombe
0.75

allows per match

Notts County
1.16
Wycombe
0.42

finishing

Notts County+0.00on par
Wycombe+0.00on par

Total goals

68%Under
  • Under68
  • Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

61%No
  • No61
  • Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Notts County

Wycombe
0
1
2
3
4
0
0014%
0113%
026%
032%
040%
1
1014%
1114%
126%
132%
140%
2
207%
217%
223%
231%
240%
3
302%
312%
321%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 0–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
59%41%2.5
32%68%3.5
14%86%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Notts County or draw
67%
Notts County or Wycombe
69%
Draw or Wycombe
64%

Winning margin

Notts County wins by 2+
14%
Wycombe wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Notts County 1+ goals
64%
Notts County 2+ goals
27%
Notts County 3+ goals
8%
Wycombe 1+ goals
61%
Wycombe 2+ goals
25%
Wycombe 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Notts County (draw refunded)
53%
Wycombe (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
Both score & under 3
14%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Notts County at homecreates 1.61, concedes 1.16 · 95 matches

Wycombe awaycreates 0.75, concedes 0.42 · 12 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Notts County attack 1.61 + Wycombe defence 0.42 → ÷2 → 1.02

Wycombe attack 0.75 + Notts County defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 0.95

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 36%?"

Notts County scores more
36%
level
31%
Wycombe scores more
33%

Notts County at 36% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 36% does not mean "Notts County will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Notts
Wycombe
J. Sheridan
Manager: J. Sheridan
52'V. OliverA. Campbell
60'J. RichardsJ. Stead
69'A. CollinsJ. Forte

Notts County substitutes

G. Ainsworth
Manager: G. Ainsworth
70'G. ThompsonP. Cowan-Hall
87'S. WoodS. Kashket
90+1'M. BeanM. Bloomfield

Notts County 0 – 2 Wycombe

Wycombe beat Notts County 2-0 in League Two on December 10, 2016.

Goals: A. Akinfenwa (37'), S. Kashket (55').

The match was played at Meadow Lane Stadium (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire).