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Peterhead vs Elgin CityLeague Two 2025

Peterhead
Peterhead
FT
20
HT: 10
Elgin City
Elgin City
K. Shanks 53'
A. McCarthy 45+1'
3/1/2025League TwoLeague Two · Round 27Balmoor Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Peterhead54%
×Draw23%
Elgin City23%
Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.

Peterhead
1.81
Elgin City
1.10

Peterhead creates 65% more chances

Season form · 3 home / 19 away

creates per match

Peterhead
2.00
Elgin City
1.21

allows per match

Peterhead
1.00
Elgin City
1.63

finishing

Peterhead+0.00on par
Elgin City+0.00on par

Total goals

56%Over
  • Over56
  • Under44

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Peterhead

Elgin City
0
1
2
3
4
0
005%
016%
023%
031%
040%
1
1010%
1111%
126%
132%
141%
2
209%
2110%
225%
232%
241%
3
305%
316%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
413%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
79%21%2.5
56%44%3.5
33%67%4.5
17%83%

Double chance

Peterhead or draw
77%
Peterhead or Elgin City
77%
Draw or Elgin City
46%

Winning margin

Peterhead wins by 2+
30%
Elgin City wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Peterhead 1+ goals
84%
Peterhead 2+ goals
54%
Peterhead 3+ goals
27%
Elgin City 1+ goals
67%
Elgin City 2+ goals
30%
Elgin City 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Peterhead (draw refunded)
70%
Elgin City (draw refunded)
30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
45%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Peterhead at homecreates 2.00, concedes 1.00 · 3 matches

Elgin City awaycreates 1.21, concedes 1.63 · 19 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Peterhead attack 2.00 + Elgin City defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.81

Elgin City attack 1.21 + Peterhead defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.10

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 54%?"

Peterhead scores more
54%
level
23%
Elgin City scores more
23%

Peterhead at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Peterhead 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.

Peterhead
Elgin
Jordon Brown
Manager: Jordon Brown
46'Sebastian RossP. Pawlett
66'Jack BrownA. McCarthy
80'A. CarnwathM. Barry
80'O. CollotyK. Shanks
A. Hale
Manager: A. Hale
70'K. FlemingJ. Maclver
70'R. SargentK. Hester
82'K. LeslieR. Dingwall
82'O. McDonaldM. Gallagher

League Two: Peterhead 2–0 Elgin City

Peterhead beat Elgin City 2-0 in League Two on March 1, 2025.

Goals: A. McCarthy (45+1'), K. Shanks (53').

The match was played at Balmoor Stadium in Peterhead.