Portsmouth vs Wycombe — League One 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 137+ matches
Portsmouth46%
Wycombe29%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.
Portsmouth creates 32% more chances
Season form · 137 home / 159 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under50
- Over50
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Portsmouth ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Portsmouth at home — creates 1.72, concedes 1.01 · 137 matches
Wycombe away — creates 1.28, concedes 1.31 · 159 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Portsmouth attack 1.72 + Wycombe defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.52
Wycombe attack 1.28 + Portsmouth defence 1.01 → ÷2 → 1.15
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 46%?"
Portsmouth at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Portsmouth 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.
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Statistics
Portsmouth host Wycombe on Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 11:00. The match is part of the League One 2018/2019 season.
League One: Portsmouth 2–2 Wycombe
Portsmouth and Wycombe drew 2-2 in League One on May 7, 2023.
Goals: G. McCleary (31'), M. Pack (44'), L. Wing (54'), P. Lane (72').
Portsmouth controlled possession (66%) and registered 21 shots to 8.
The match was played at Fratton Park in Portsmouth.