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Politehnica Iasi vs Minaur Baia MareLiga II 2018

10/1/2022Liga IILiga II · Round 8Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 13+ matches

Politehnica Iasi63%
×Draw25%
Minaur Baia Mare11%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Politehnica Iasi
1.51
Minaur Baia Mare
0.46

Politehnica Iasi creates 228% more chances

Season form · 41 home / 13 away

creates per match

Politehnica Iasi
1.71
Minaur Baia Mare
0.31

allows per match

Politehnica Iasi
0.61
Minaur Baia Mare
1.31

finishing

Politehnica Iasi+0.00on par
Minaur Baia Mare+0.00on par

Total goals

69%Under
  • Under69
  • Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

71%No
  • No71
  • Yes29

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Politehnica Iasi

Minaur Baia Mare
0
1
2
3
4
0
0014%
016%
021%
030%
040%
1
1021%
1110%
122%
130%
140%
2
2016%
217%
222%
230%
240%
3
308%
314%
321%
330%
340%
4
403%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (21%) · 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

Politehnica Iasi or draw
89%
Politehnica Iasi or Minaur Baia Mare
75%
Draw or Minaur Baia Mare
37%

Winning margin

Politehnica Iasi wins by 2+
34%
Minaur Baia Mare wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Politehnica Iasi 1+ goals
78%
Politehnica Iasi 2+ goals
44%
Politehnica Iasi 3+ goals
19%
Minaur Baia Mare 1+ goals
37%
Minaur Baia Mare 2+ goals
8%
Minaur Baia Mare 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Politehnica Iasi (draw refunded)
85%
Minaur Baia Mare (draw refunded)
15%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
19%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Politehnica Iasi at homecreates 1.71, concedes 0.61 · 41 matches

Minaur Baia Mare awaycreates 0.31, concedes 1.31 · 13 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Politehnica Iasi attack 1.71 + Minaur Baia Mare defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.51

Minaur Baia Mare attack 0.31 + Politehnica Iasi defence 0.61 → ÷2 → 0.46

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 63%?"

Politehnica Iasi scores more
63%
level
25%
Minaur Baia Mare scores more
11%

Politehnica Iasi at 63% 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 63% does not mean "Politehnica Iasi 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.

Politehnica
Minaur
C. Niculescu
Manager: C. Niculescu
41'M. PlokhotnyukS. Harrison
46'T. HunteC. Hlistei
59'D. BujorA. Anton
67'Ș. ȘtefanoviciD. Ciaun
67'F. CristeaA. Roman

Politehnica Iasi substitutes

C. Danciu
Manager: C. Danciu
57'V. ChindeS. Ciocan
75'C. StanciuJ. Mondragón
75'K. OuatoF. Chitaş
75'I. NeacşuA. Stoian

Minaur Baia Mare substitutes

Match Recap: Politehnica Iasi vs Minaur Baia Mare

Politehnica Iasi beat Minaur Baia Mare 2-0 in Liga II on October 1, 2022.

Goals: F. Plămadă (70'), M. Plokhotnyuk (90+4').

The match was played at Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu in Iaşi.