Petaling Jaya City 3–1 Kelantan FA: Result & Stats

Petaling Jaya City

3 – 1

Kelantan FA

10/29/2021

Malaysia Cup · Group Stage - 3Stadium Petaling Jaya

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 7+ matches

Petaling Jaya City65%

×Draw18%

Kelantan FA17%

✓ 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.

Petaling Jaya CityExpected goals in this matchKelantan FA

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.

2.50

1.21

Petaling Jaya City

2.50

Kelantan FA

1.21

Petaling Jaya City creates 107% more chances

Season form · 7 home / 7 away

1.43

creates per match

0.71

1.71

allows per match

3.57

creates per match

Petaling Jaya City

1.43

Kelantan FA

0.71

allows per match

Petaling Jaya City

1.71

Kelantan FA

3.57

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Petaling Jaya City+0.00on par

Kelantan FA+0.00on par

Total goals

Over71
Under29

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes64
No36

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Petaling Jaya City ↓

Kelantan FA →

0–02%

0–13%

0–22%

0–31%

0–40%

1–06%

1–18%

1–25%

1–32%

1–41%

2–08%

2–19%

2–26%

2–32%

2–41%

3–06%

3–18%

3–25%

3–32%

3–41%

4–04%

4–15%

4–23%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 2–1 (9%) · grid covers 90% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

98%2%1.5

88%12%2.5

71%29%3.5

50%50%4.5

30%70%

Double chance

Petaling Jaya City or draw

83%

Petaling Jaya City or Kelantan FA

82%

Draw or Kelantan FA

35%

Winning margin

Petaling Jaya City wins by 2+

43%

Kelantan FA wins by 2+

Team goals

Petaling Jaya City 1+ goals

92%

Petaling Jaya City 2+ goals

71%

Petaling Jaya City 3+ goals

45%

Kelantan FA 1+ goals

70%

Kelantan FA 2+ goals

34%

Kelantan FA 3+ goals

12%

Draw no bet

Petaling Jaya City (draw refunded)

79%

Kelantan FA (draw refunded)

21%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

57%

Both score & under 3

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

Recent form of each side

Petaling Jaya City at home — creates 1.43, concedes 1.71 · 7 matches

Kelantan FA away — creates 0.71, concedes 3.57 · 7 matches

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

Expected goals for this match

Petaling Jaya City attack 1.43 + Kelantan FA defence 3.57 → ÷2 → 2.50

Kelantan FA attack 0.71 + Petaling Jaya City defence 1.71 → ÷2 → 1.21

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

The answer to "why 65%?"

Petaling Jaya City scores more

65%

level

18%

Kelantan FA scores more

17%

Petaling Jaya City at 65% 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 65% does not mean "Petaling Jaya City 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