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Police vs Nouakchott King'sPremier League 2020

10/24/2021Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 4Stade Olympique de Nouakchott

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 50+ matches

Police34%
×Draw29%
Nouakchott King's37%
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
1.06
Nouakchott King's
1.13

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 50 home / 77 away

creates per match

Police
0.88
Nouakchott King's
1.23

allows per match

Police
1.02
Nouakchott King's
1.25

finishing

Police+0.00on par
Nouakchott King's+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

56%No
  • No56
  • Yes44

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Police

Nouakchott King's
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
0113%
027%
033%
041%
1
1012%
1113%
128%
133%
141%
2
206%
217%
224%
232%
240%
3
302%
313%
321%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Police or draw
63%
Police or Nouakchott King's
71%
Draw or Nouakchott King's
66%

Winning margin

Police wins by 2+
13%
Nouakchott King's wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Police 1+ goals
65%
Police 2+ goals
29%
Police 3+ goals
9%
Nouakchott King's 1+ goals
68%
Nouakchott King's 2+ goals
31%
Nouakchott King's 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

Police (draw refunded)
48%
Nouakchott King's (draw refunded)
52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
31%
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 0.88, concedes 1.02 · 50 matches

Nouakchott King's awaycreates 1.23, concedes 1.25 · 77 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 0.88 + Nouakchott King's defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.06

Nouakchott King's attack 1.23 + Police defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 1.13

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 37%?"

Police scores more
34%
level
29%
Nouakchott King's scores more
37%

Nouakchott King's at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Nouakchott King's 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

Premier League: Police 0–2 Nouakchott King's

Nouakchott King's beat Police 2-0 in Premier League on October 24, 2021.

The match was played at Stade Olympique de Nouakchott in Nouakchott.