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Ekwendeni Hammers vs Ntopwa — Super League 2026

Ekwendeni Hammers
Ekwendeni Hammers
FT
2 – 1
Ntopwa
Ntopwa
5/2/2021Super LeagueSuper League · Round 11Mzuzu Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 16+ matches

Ekwendeni Hammers56%
×Draw25%
Ntopwa19%
✓ 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.

Ekwendeni Hammers
1.56
Ntopwa
0.78

Ekwendeni Hammers creates 100% more chances

Season form · 75 home / 16 away

creates per match

Ekwendeni Hammers
1.11
Ntopwa
0.69

allows per match

Ekwendeni Hammers
0.87
Ntopwa
2.00

finishing

Ekwendeni Hammers+0.00on par
Ntopwa+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Ekwendeni Hammers ↓

Ntopwa →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–18%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–015%
1–112%
1–25%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–012%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–15%
3–22%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
41%59%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Ekwendeni Hammers or draw
81%
Ekwendeni Hammers or Ntopwa
75%
Draw or Ntopwa
44%

Winning margin

Ekwendeni Hammers wins by 2+
30%
Ntopwa wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Ekwendeni Hammers 1+ goals
79%
Ekwendeni Hammers 2+ goals
46%
Ekwendeni Hammers 3+ goals
21%
Ntopwa 1+ goals
54%
Ntopwa 2+ goals
18%
Ntopwa 3+ goals
4%

Draw no bet

Ekwendeni Hammers (draw refunded)
75%
Ntopwa (draw refunded)
25%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
31%
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

Ekwendeni Hammers at home — creates 1.11, concedes 0.87 · 75 matches

Ntopwa away — creates 0.69, concedes 2.00 · 16 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Ekwendeni Hammers attack 1.11 + Ntopwa defence 2.00 → ÷2 → 1.56

Ntopwa attack 0.69 + Ekwendeni Hammers defence 0.87 → ÷2 → 0.78

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 56%?"

Ekwendeni Hammers scores more
56%
level
25%
Ntopwa scores more
19%

Ekwendeni Hammers at 56% 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 56% does not mean "Ekwendeni Hammers 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

Super League: Ekwendeni Hammers 2–1 Ntopwa

Ekwendeni Hammers beat Ntopwa 2-1 in Super League on May 2, 2021.

The match was played at Mzuzu Stadium in Mzuzu.