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OKC Energy vs Birmingham Legion — USL Championship 2018

OKC Energy
OKC Energy
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Birmingham Legion
Birmingham Legion
10/17/2021USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 46Taft Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 58+ matches

OKC Energy37%
×Draw26%
Birmingham Legion37%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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.

OKC Energy
1.31
Birmingham Legion
1.30

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 58 home / 119 away

creates per match

OKC Energy
1.05
Birmingham Legion
1.39

allows per match

OKC Energy
1.21
Birmingham Legion
1.57

finishing

OKC Energy+0.00on par
Birmingham Legion+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

OKC Energy ↓

Birmingham Legion →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–110%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

OKC Energy or draw
63%
OKC Energy or Birmingham Legion
74%
Draw or Birmingham Legion
63%

Winning margin

OKC Energy wins by 2+
17%
Birmingham Legion wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

OKC Energy 1+ goals
73%
OKC Energy 2+ goals
38%
OKC Energy 3+ goals
14%
Birmingham Legion 1+ goals
73%
Birmingham Legion 2+ goals
37%
Birmingham Legion 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

OKC Energy (draw refunded)
50%
Birmingham Legion (draw refunded)
50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

OKC Energy at home — creates 1.05, concedes 1.21 · 58 matches

Birmingham Legion away — creates 1.39, concedes 1.57 · 119 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

OKC Energy attack 1.05 + Birmingham Legion defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 1.31

Birmingham Legion attack 1.39 + OKC Energy defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.30

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 37%?"

OKC Energy scores more
37%
level
26%
Birmingham Legion scores more
37%

OKC Energy at 37% 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 37% does not mean "OKC Energy 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: OKC Energy vs Birmingham Legion

OKC Energy and Birmingham Legion drew 0-0 in USL Championship on October 17, 2021.

The match was played at Taft Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.