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Partick vs Dunfermline — League Cup 2018

Partick
Partick
FT
2 – 4
HT: 1 – 3
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
7/10/2021League CupLeague Cup · Group Stage - 1Firhill Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 18+ matches

Partick41%
×Draw23%
Dunfermline36%
✓ 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.

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.

Partick
1.67
Dunfermline
1.55

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 19 home / 18 away

creates per match

Partick
2.11
Dunfermline
1.94

allows per match

Partick
1.16
Dunfermline
1.22

finishing

Partick+0.00on par
Dunfermline+0.00on par

Total goals

62%Over
  • Over62
  • Under38

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

64%Yes
  • Yes64
  • No36

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Partick ↓

Dunfermline →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–04%
0–16%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–07%
1–110%
1–28%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–06%
2–19%
2–27%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–15%
3–24%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
83%17%2.5
62%38%3.5
40%60%4.5
22%78%

Double chance

Partick or draw
64%
Partick or Dunfermline
77%
Draw or Dunfermline
59%

Winning margin

Partick wins by 2+
21%
Dunfermline wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

Partick 1+ goals
81%
Partick 2+ goals
50%
Partick 3+ goals
23%
Dunfermline 1+ goals
79%
Dunfermline 2+ goals
46%
Dunfermline 3+ goals
20%

Draw no bet

Partick (draw refunded)
53%
Dunfermline (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
54%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Partick at home — creates 2.11, concedes 1.16 · 19 matches

Dunfermline away — creates 1.94, concedes 1.22 · 18 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Partick attack 2.11 + Dunfermline defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.67

Dunfermline attack 1.94 + Partick defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.55

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%?"

Partick scores more
41%
level
23%
Dunfermline scores more
36%

Partick 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 "Partick 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

League Cup: Partick 2–4 Dunfermline

Dunfermline beat Partick 4-2 in League Cup on July 10, 2021.

The match was played at Firhill Stadium in Glasgow.