Platinum 1–0 Harare City: Result & Stats

Platinum

FT

1 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Harare City

3/5/2022

Premier Soccer League · Round 6Mandava Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 34+ matches

Platinum49%

×Draw30%

Harare City21%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

PlatinumExpected goals in this matchHarare City

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.

1.21

0.68

Platinum

1.21

Harare City

0.68

Platinum creates 78% more chances

Season form · 95 home / 34 away

1.24

creates per match

0.79

0.57

allows per match

1.18

creates per match

Platinum

1.24

Harare City

0.79

allows per match

Platinum

0.57

Harare City

1.18

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Platinum+0.00on par

Harare City+0.00on par

Total goals

Under71
Over29

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No65
Yes35

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Platinum ↓

Harare City →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–015%

0–110%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–018%

1–112%

1–24%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–011%

2–18%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–13%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

85%15%1.5

56%44%2.5

29%71%3.5

12%88%4.5

4%96%

Double chance

Platinum or draw

79%

Platinum or Harare City

70%

Draw or Harare City

51%

Winning margin

Platinum wins by 2+

22%

Harare City wins by 2+

6%

Team goals

Platinum 1+ goals

70%

Platinum 2+ goals

34%

Platinum 3+ goals

12%

Harare City 1+ goals

49%

Harare City 2+ goals

15%

Harare City 3+ goals

3%

Draw no bet

Platinum (draw refunded)

70%

Harare City (draw refunded)

30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

22%

Both score & under 3

12%

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

Platinum at home — creates 1.24, concedes 0.57 · 95 matches

Harare City away — creates 0.79, concedes 1.18 · 34 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Platinum attack 1.24 + Harare City defence 1.18 → ÷2 → 1.21

Harare City attack 0.79 + Platinum defence 0.57 → ÷2 → 0.68

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 49%?"

Platinum scores more

49%

level

30%

Harare City scores more

21%

Platinum at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Platinum 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