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Polokwane City vs Kaizer Chiefs — Premier Soccer League 2018

Polokwane City
Polokwane City
FT
2 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Kaizer Chiefs
Kaizer Chiefs
12/8/2024Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 7Peter Mokaba Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 74+ matches

Polokwane City33%
×Draw31%
Kaizer Chiefs36%
✓ 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.

Polokwane City
0.97
Kaizer Chiefs
1.03

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 74 home / 119 away

creates per match

Polokwane City
1.00
Kaizer Chiefs
1.07

allows per match

Polokwane City
0.99
Kaizer Chiefs
0.95

finishing

Polokwane City+0.00on par
Kaizer Chiefs+0.00on par

Total goals

68%Under
  • Under68
  • Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

60%No
  • No60
  • Yes40

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Polokwane City ↓

Kaizer Chiefs →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–014%
0–114%
0–27%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–013%
1–114%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–17%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–02%
3–12%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–00%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 0–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
59%41%2.5
32%68%3.5
14%86%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Polokwane City or draw
64%
Polokwane City or Kaizer Chiefs
69%
Draw or Kaizer Chiefs
67%

Winning margin

Polokwane City wins by 2+
12%
Kaizer Chiefs wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Polokwane City 1+ goals
62%
Polokwane City 2+ goals
25%
Polokwane City 3+ goals
7%
Kaizer Chiefs 1+ goals
64%
Kaizer Chiefs 2+ goals
28%
Kaizer Chiefs 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Polokwane City (draw refunded)
48%
Kaizer Chiefs (draw refunded)
52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
Both score & under 3
14%

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

Polokwane City at home — creates 1.00, concedes 0.99 · 74 matches

Kaizer Chiefs away — creates 1.07, concedes 0.95 · 119 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Polokwane City attack 1.00 + Kaizer Chiefs defence 0.95 → ÷2 → 0.97

Kaizer Chiefs attack 1.07 + Polokwane City defence 0.99 → ÷2 → 1.03

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 36%?"

Polokwane City scores more
33%
level
31%
Kaizer Chiefs scores more
36%

Kaizer Chiefs at 36% 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 36% does not mean "Kaizer Chiefs 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

Match Recap: Polokwane City vs Kaizer Chiefs

Polokwane City beat Kaizer Chiefs 2-0 in Premier Soccer League on December 8, 2024.

The match was played at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Pietersburg.