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Polokwane City vs Mamelodi Sundowns — Premier Soccer League 2018

Polokwane City
Polokwane City
FT
1 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
10/27/2024Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 4Old Peter Mokaba Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 74+ matches

Polokwane City24%
×Draw29%
Mamelodi Sundowns47%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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
0.81
Mamelodi Sundowns
1.27

Mamelodi Sundowns creates 57% more chances

Season form · 74 home / 119 away

creates per match

Polokwane City
1.00
Mamelodi Sundowns
1.54

allows per match

Polokwane City
0.99
Mamelodi Sundowns
0.62

finishing

Polokwane City+0.00on par
Mamelodi Sundowns+0.00on par

Total goals

66%Under
  • Under66
  • Over34

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 ↓

Mamelodi Sundowns →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–012%
0–116%
0–210%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–04%
2–15%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–01%
3–11%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–00%
4–10%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
62%38%2.5
34%66%3.5
16%84%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Polokwane City or draw
53%
Polokwane City or Mamelodi Sundowns
71%
Draw or Mamelodi Sundowns
76%

Winning margin

Polokwane City wins by 2+
7%
Mamelodi Sundowns wins by 2+
22%

Team goals

Polokwane City 1+ goals
56%
Polokwane City 2+ goals
19%
Polokwane City 3+ goals
5%
Mamelodi Sundowns 1+ goals
72%
Mamelodi Sundowns 2+ goals
36%
Mamelodi Sundowns 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Polokwane City (draw refunded)
33%
Mamelodi Sundowns (draw refunded)
67%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
27%
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

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

Mamelodi Sundowns away — creates 1.54, concedes 0.62 · 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 + Mamelodi Sundowns defence 0.62 → ÷2 → 0.81

Mamelodi Sundowns attack 1.54 + Polokwane City defence 0.99 → ÷2 → 1.27

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 47%?"

Polokwane City scores more
24%
level
29%
Mamelodi Sundowns scores more
47%

Mamelodi Sundowns at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Mamelodi Sundowns 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 Mamelodi Sundowns

Polokwane City beat Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 in Premier Soccer League on October 27, 2024.

The match was played at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Pietersburg.