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Oxford United vs WycombeLeague One 2018

Oxford United
Oxford United
FT
21
HT: 11
Wycombe
Wycombe
J. Ruffles 90+4'
3/30/2019League OneLeague One · Round 40Kassam Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 135+ matches

Oxford United45%
×Draw25%
Wycombe30%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Oxford United
1.51
Wycombe
1.19

Oxford United creates 27% more chances

Season form · 135 home / 158 away

creates per match

Oxford United
1.70
Wycombe
1.26

allows per match

Oxford United
1.13
Wycombe
1.32

finishing

Oxford United+0.00on par
Wycombe+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Oxford United

Wycombe
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
018%
025%
032%
041%
1
1010%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
304%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
412%
421%
430%
440%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Oxford United or draw
70%
Oxford United or Wycombe
75%
Draw or Wycombe
55%

Winning margin

Oxford United wins by 2+
22%
Wycombe wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Oxford United 1+ goals
78%
Oxford United 2+ goals
44%
Oxford United 3+ goals
19%
Wycombe 1+ goals
70%
Wycombe 2+ goals
33%
Wycombe 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Oxford United (draw refunded)
60%
Wycombe (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
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 homecreates 1.70, concedes 1.13 · 135 matches

Wycombe awaycreates 1.26, concedes 1.32 · 158 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 1.70 + Wycombe defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.51

Wycombe attack 1.26 + Oxford United defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.19

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 45%?"

Oxford United scores more
45%
level
25%
Wycombe scores more
30%

Oxford United at 45% 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 45% 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.

Oxford
Wycombe
K. Robinson
Manager: K. Robinson
65'J. GrahamM. Browne
72'J. MackieJ. Henry
88'M. SykesL. Garbutt

Oxford United substitutes

G. Ainsworth
Manager: G. Ainsworth
59'M. HarrimanJ. Jacobson
79'P. Cowan-HallC. Thompson
82'M. BloomfieldM. Bean

League One: Oxford United 2–1 Wycombe

Oxford United beat Wycombe 2-1 in League One on March 30, 2019.

Goals: Adam El-Abd (21'), J. Sinclair (30'), J. Ruffles (90+4').

The match was played at Kassam Stadium in Oxford.