Plateau United 2–1 Bendel Insurance: Result & Stats

Plateau United

FT

2 – 1

HT: 1 – 0

Bendel Insurance

4/27/2025

NPFL · Round 35Jos International Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Plateau United60%

×Draw27%

Bendel Insurance14%

✓ 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.

Plateau UnitedExpected goals in this matchBendel Insurance

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.

1.44

0.53

Plateau United

1.44

Bendel Insurance

0.53

Plateau United creates 172% more chances

Season form · 128 home / 79 away

1.76

creates per match

0.61

0.45

allows per match

1.13

creates per match

Plateau United

1.76

Bendel Insurance

0.61

allows per match

Plateau United

0.45

Bendel Insurance

1.13

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Plateau United+0.00on par

Bendel Insurance+0.00on par

Total goals

Under69
Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No69
Yes31

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Plateau United ↓

Bendel Insurance →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–17%

0–22%

0–30%

0–40%

1

1–020%

1–111%

1–23%

1–30%

1–40%

2

2–014%

2–18%

2–22%

2–30%

2–40%

3

3–07%

3–14%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–03%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (20%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

59%41%2.5

31%69%3.5

14%86%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Plateau United or draw

86%

Plateau United or Bendel Insurance

73%

Draw or Bendel Insurance

40%

Winning margin

Plateau United wins by 2+

31%

Bendel Insurance wins by 2+

3%

Team goals

Plateau United 1+ goals

76%

Plateau United 2+ goals

42%

Plateau United 3+ goals

18%

Bendel Insurance 1+ goals

41%

Bendel Insurance 2+ goals

10%

Bendel Insurance 3+ goals

2%

Draw no bet

Plateau United (draw refunded)

81%

Bendel Insurance (draw refunded)

19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

21%

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

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

Bendel Insurance away — creates 0.61, concedes 1.13 · 79 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 + Bendel Insurance defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.44

Bendel Insurance attack 0.61 + Plateau United defence 0.45 → ÷2 → 0.53

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 60%?"

Plateau United scores more

60%

level

27%

Bendel Insurance scores more

14%

Plateau United at 60% 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 60% 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff