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Police vs Réal BamakoPremière Division 2019

11/1/2023Première DivisionPremière Division · Round 1Terrain ASB

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 80+ matches

Police28%
×Draw31%
Réal Bamako41%
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.

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
0.84
Réal Bamako
1.10

Réal Bamako creates 31% more chances

Season form · 80 home / 99 away

creates per match

Police
0.95
Réal Bamako
1.15

allows per match

Police
1.06
Réal Bamako
0.74

finishing

Police+0.00on par
Réal Bamako+0.00on par

Total goals

69%Under
  • Under69
  • Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

62%No
  • No62
  • Yes38

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Police

Réal Bamako
0
1
2
3
4
0
0014%
0116%
029%
033%
041%
1
1012%
1113%
127%
133%
141%
2
205%
216%
223%
231%
240%
3
301%
312%
321%
330%
340%
4
400%
410%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 0–1 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
58%42%2.5
31%69%3.5
13%87%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Police or draw
59%
Police or Réal Bamako
69%
Draw or Réal Bamako
72%

Winning margin

Police wins by 2+
9%
Réal Bamako wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

Police 1+ goals
57%
Police 2+ goals
21%
Police 3+ goals
5%
Réal Bamako 1+ goals
67%
Réal Bamako 2+ goals
30%
Réal Bamako 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Police (draw refunded)
40%
Réal Bamako (draw refunded)
60%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
25%
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 0.95, concedes 1.06 · 80 matches

Réal Bamako awaycreates 1.15, concedes 0.74 · 99 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 0.95 + Réal Bamako defence 0.74 → ÷2 → 0.84

Réal Bamako attack 1.15 + Police defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.10

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 41%?"

Police scores more
28%
level
31%
Réal Bamako scores more
41%

Réal Bamako at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Réal Bamako 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

Première Division: Police 1–3 Réal Bamako

Réal Bamako beat Police 3-1 in Première Division on November 1, 2023.

The match was played at Terrain ASB in Bamako.