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Plateau United vs Akwa Starlets — NPFL 2019

Plateau United
Plateau United
FT
2 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Akwa Starlets
Akwa Starlets
O. Ochowechi 75'
I. Buhari 52'
8/1/2021NPFLNPFL · Round 37Jos International Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 60+ matches

Plateau United67%
×Draw23%
Akwa Starlets10%
✓ 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.

Plateau United
1.68
Akwa Starlets
0.48

Plateau United creates 250% more chances

Season form · 128 home / 60 away

creates per match

Plateau United
1.76
Akwa Starlets
0.52

allows per match

Plateau United
0.45
Akwa Starlets
1.60

finishing

Plateau United+0.00on par
Akwa Starlets+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

69%No
  • No69
  • Yes31

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Plateau United ↓

Akwa Starlets →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–012%
0–16%
0–21%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–019%
1–19%
1–22%
1–30%
1–40%
2
2–016%
2–18%
2–22%
2–30%
2–40%
3
3–09%
3–14%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–04%
4–12%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (19%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
63%37%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Plateau United or draw
90%
Plateau United or Akwa Starlets
77%
Draw or Akwa Starlets
33%

Winning margin

Plateau United wins by 2+
39%
Akwa Starlets wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Plateau United 1+ goals
81%
Plateau United 2+ goals
50%
Plateau United 3+ goals
24%
Akwa Starlets 1+ goals
38%
Akwa Starlets 2+ goals
8%
Akwa Starlets 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Plateau United (draw refunded)
87%
Akwa Starlets (draw refunded)
13%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
22%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Plateau United at home — creates 1.76, concedes 0.45 · 128 matches

Akwa Starlets away — creates 0.52, concedes 1.60 · 60 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Plateau United attack 1.76 + Akwa Starlets defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 1.68

Akwa Starlets attack 0.52 + Plateau United defence 0.45 → ÷2 → 0.48

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 67%?"

Plateau United scores more
67%
level
23%
Akwa Starlets scores more
10%

Plateau United at 67% 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 67% does not mean "Plateau United 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.

Match Events

45+2'
52'
I. Buhari
75'
O. Ochowechi
87'
D. Longmiap

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Plateau United 2 – 0 Akwa Starlets

Plateau United beat Akwa Starlets 2-0 in NPFL on August 1, 2021.

Goals: I. Buhari (52'), O. Ochowechi (75').

The match was played at Jos International Stadium in Jos.