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Oxford United vs Barnsley — League One 2018

Oxford United
Oxford United
Preview
15:00
Barnsley
Barnsley
1/30/2027League OneLeague One · Round 28Kassam Stadium
Big match
41%
Oxford United
model favours
41%25%34%

91% of Barnsley’s matches go over 2.5 goals

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
54%
over 2.5 goals
58%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 118+ matches

Oxford United41%
×Draw25%
Barnsley34%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.

Oxford United
1.50
Barnsley
1.35

Oxford United creates 11% more chances

Season form · 135 home / 118 away

creates per match

Oxford United
1.69
Barnsley
1.59

allows per match

Oxford United
1.10
Barnsley
1.31

finishing

Oxford United+0.00on par
Barnsley+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Over
  • Over54
  • Under46

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Oxford United ↓

Barnsley →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
54%46%3.5
32%68%4.5
16%84%

Double chance

Oxford United or draw
66%
Oxford United or Barnsley
75%
Draw or Barnsley
59%

Winning margin

Oxford United wins by 2+
20%
Barnsley wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Oxford United 1+ goals
78%
Oxford United 2+ goals
44%
Oxford United 3+ goals
19%
Barnsley 1+ goals
74%
Barnsley 2+ goals
39%
Barnsley 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

Oxford United (draw refunded)
54%
Barnsley (draw refunded)
46%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
46%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Oxford United at home — creates 1.69, concedes 1.10 · 135 matches

Barnsley away — creates 1.59, concedes 1.31 · 118 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Oxford United attack 1.69 + Barnsley defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.50

Barnsley attack 1.59 + Oxford United defence 1.10 → ÷2 → 1.35

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 41%?"

Oxford United scores more
41%
level
25%
Barnsley scores more
34%

Oxford United at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Oxford United 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.

Match Insights

  • Barnsley score first in only 18% of matches
  • Both teams score in 82% of Barnsley’s matches

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Similar styles
Oxford United
Balanced
Barnsley
Balanced
49%PossessionBiggest gap52%
74%Pass accuracy74%
13.0Shots13.1
—xG1.48
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Oxford UnitedBarnsley

Head-to-head

6 previous meetings

1
Oxford United
1
Draws
4
Barnsley
Avg goals: 3BTTS: 50%
0–13–10–21–22–2

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
United
LWLLW
Barnsley
LWLWL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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