Oriental Dragon vs União Santarém — Liga 3 2021
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 14+ matches
Oriental Dragon33%
União Santarém38%✓ 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.
União Santarém creates 10% more chances
Season form · 14 home / 44 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under62
- Over38
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No56
- Yes44
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Oriental Dragon ↓
Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Oriental Dragon at home — creates 0.93, concedes 1.21 · 14 matches
União Santarém away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.18 · 44 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Oriental Dragon attack 0.93 + União Santarém defence 1.18 → ÷2 → 1.05
União Santarém attack 1.09 + Oriental Dragon defence 1.21 → ÷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 38%?"
União Santarém at 38% 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 38% does not mean "União Santarém 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
Head to Head
Felgueiras 1932
Oliveirense
SC Braga B
Guimaraes B
Canelas 2010
Sanjoanense
Lusitânia Lourosa
São João Ver
Anadia
Montalegre
Fafe
Pevidem
União de Leiria
Alverca
Torreense
Vitoria Setubal
Amora
Real
Caldas
Sporting CP B
Cova De Piedade
Oliveira HospitalUnião SantarémOriental DragonIf 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
Oriental Dragon host União Santarém on Saturday, 14 August 2021 at 16:00. The match is part of the Liga 3 2021/2022 season.
Oriental Dragon 1 – 2 União Santarém
União Santarém beat Oriental Dragon 2-1 in Liga 3 on August 14, 2021.
The match was played at Estádio Alfredo da Silva in Barreiro.