O'Higgins vs Cobresal — Primera División 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 113+ matches
O'Higgins44%
Cobresal30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% 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.
O'Higgins creates 27% more chances
Season form · 128 home / 113 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
O'Higgins ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
O'Higgins at home — creates 1.24, concedes 1.25 · 128 matches
Cobresal away — creates 1.04, concedes 1.68 · 113 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
O'Higgins attack 1.24 + Cobresal defence 1.68 → ÷2 → 1.46
Cobresal attack 1.04 + O'Higgins defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.15
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 44%?"
O'Higgins at 44% 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 44% does not mean "O'Higgins 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
U. Catolica
Colo Colo
Huachipato
Union Espanola
San Luis
AntofagastaO'Higgins
Deportes Iquique
Everton de Vina
Universidad de Chile
Union La Calera
Palestino
Deportes Temuco
Universidad de Concepcion
A. Italiano
Curico UnidoIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
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Statistics
O'Higgins host Cobresal on Saturday, 16 August 2025 at 22:30. The match is part of the Primera División 2018/2019 season.
Primera División: O'Higgins 1–0 Cobresal
O'Higgins beat Cobresal 1-0 in Primera División on August 16, 2025.
Goals: M. Romero (9').
O'Higgins controlled possession (57%) and registered 17 shots to 12.
The match was played at Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua.