Ottawa Fury 0–0 Birmingham Legion: Result & Stats

Ottawa Fury

FT

0 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Birmingham Legion

8/2/2019

USL Championship · Round 38TD Place Stadium (Ottawa, Ontario)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 34+ matches

Ottawa Fury43%

×Draw26%

Birmingham Legion30%

✓ 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.

Ottawa FuryExpected goals in this matchBirmingham Legion

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.

1.42

1.14

Ottawa Fury

1.42

Birmingham Legion

1.14

Ottawa Fury creates 25% more chances

Season form · 34 home / 119 away

1.26

creates per match

1.39

0.88

allows per match

1.57

creates per match

Ottawa Fury

1.26

Birmingham Legion

1.39

allows per match

Ottawa Fury

0.88

Birmingham Legion

1.57

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Ottawa Fury+0.00on par

Birmingham Legion+0.00on par

Total goals

Under53
Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Ottawa Fury ↓

Birmingham Legion →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–19%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–04%

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

92%8%1.5

72%28%2.5

47%53%3.5

25%75%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Ottawa Fury or draw

70%

Ottawa Fury or Birmingham Legion

74%

Draw or Birmingham Legion

57%

Winning margin

Ottawa Fury wins by 2+

21%

Birmingham Legion wins by 2+

12%

Team goals

Ottawa Fury 1+ goals

76%

Ottawa Fury 2+ goals

41%

Ottawa Fury 3+ goals

17%

Birmingham Legion 1+ goals

68%

Birmingham Legion 2+ goals

32%

Birmingham Legion 3+ goals

11%

Draw no bet

Ottawa Fury (draw refunded)

59%

Birmingham Legion (draw refunded)

41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

39%

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

Ottawa Fury at home — creates 1.26, concedes 0.88 · 34 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

Ottawa Fury attack 1.26 + Birmingham Legion defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 1.42

Birmingham Legion attack 1.39 + Ottawa Fury defence 0.88 → ÷2 → 1.14

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 43%?"

Ottawa Fury scores more

43%

level

26%

Birmingham Legion scores more

30%

Ottawa Fury at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Ottawa Fury 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