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Police vs Bright StarsPremier League 2019

Police
Police
FT
50
HT: 20
Bright Stars
Bright Stars
12/29/2021Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 13MTN Omondi Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 71+ matches

Police49%
×Draw27%
Bright Stars25%
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.

Police
1.44
Bright Stars
0.94

Police creates 53% more chances

Season form · 71 home / 83 away

creates per match

Police
1.48
Bright Stars
0.86

allows per match

Police
1.01
Bright Stars
1.41

finishing

Police+0.00on par
Bright Stars+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Under
  • Under58
  • Over42

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Police

Bright Stars
0
1
2
3
4
0
009%
019%
024%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
2010%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
305%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
69%31%2.5
42%58%3.5
22%78%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Police or draw
75%
Police or Bright Stars
73%
Draw or Bright Stars
51%

Winning margin

Police wins by 2+
24%
Bright Stars wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Police 1+ goals
76%
Police 2+ goals
42%
Police 3+ goals
18%
Bright Stars 1+ goals
61%
Bright Stars 2+ goals
24%
Bright Stars 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Police (draw refunded)
66%
Bright Stars (draw refunded)
34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Police at homecreates 1.48, concedes 1.01 · 71 matches

Bright Stars awaycreates 0.86, concedes 1.41 · 83 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Police attack 1.48 + Bright Stars defence 1.41 → ÷2 → 1.44

Bright Stars attack 0.86 + Police defence 1.01 → ÷2 → 0.94

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%?"

Police scores more
49%
level
27%
Bright Stars scores more
25%

Police 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 "Police 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

Police 5 – 0 Bright Stars

Police beat Bright Stars 5-0 in Premier League on December 29, 2021.

The match was played at MTN Omondi Stadium in Kampala.