PFC Sochi vs Spartak Moscow — Premier League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 91+ matches
PFC Sochi42%
Spartak Moscow33%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
PFC Sochi creates 15% more chances
Season form · 91 home / 120 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes56
- No44
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
PFC Sochi ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
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
PFC Sochi at home — creates 1.69, concedes 1.24 · 91 matches
Spartak Moscow away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.26 · 120 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
PFC Sochi attack 1.69 + Spartak Moscow defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.48
Spartak Moscow attack 1.35 + PFC Sochi defence 1.24 → ÷2 → 1.29
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 42%?"
PFC Sochi at 42% 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 42% does not mean "PFC Sochi 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
Zenit
FC Krasnodar
LokomotivSpartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Baltika
Dynamo
Rubin
Akhmat
FC Rostov
Krylia Sovetov
Dinamo Makhachkala
Akron
FC Orenburg
Nizhny NovgorodFC Sochi
Rotor Volgograd
UralIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
PFC Sochi host Spartak Moscow on Saturday, 12 December 2020 at 13:30. The match is part of the Premier League 2018/2019 season.
Premier League: PFC Sochi 1–0 Spartak Moscow
PFC Sochi beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 in Premier League on December 12, 2020.
The match was played at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in Sochi.