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Preston vs Nottingham Forest — Championship 2018

Preston
Preston
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest
2/16/2019ChampionshipChampionship · Round 33Deepdale Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 95+ matches

Preston35%
×Draw28%
Nottingham Forest37%
✓ 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.

Preston
1.16
Nottingham Forest
1.19

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 181 home / 95 away

creates per match

Preston
1.29
Nottingham Forest
1.16

allows per match

Preston
1.22
Nottingham Forest
1.03

finishing

Preston+0.00on par
Nottingham Forest+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Under
  • Under58
  • Over42

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Preston ↓

Nottingham Forest →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–111%
0–27%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
42%58%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Preston or draw
63%
Preston or Nottingham Forest
72%
Draw or Nottingham Forest
65%

Winning margin

Preston wins by 2+
15%
Nottingham Forest wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

Preston 1+ goals
69%
Preston 2+ goals
32%
Preston 3+ goals
11%
Nottingham Forest 1+ goals
70%
Nottingham Forest 2+ goals
33%
Nottingham Forest 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Preston (draw refunded)
49%
Nottingham Forest (draw refunded)
51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
35%
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

Preston at home — creates 1.29, concedes 1.22 · 181 matches

Nottingham Forest away — creates 1.16, concedes 1.03 · 95 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Preston attack 1.29 + Nottingham Forest defence 1.03 → ÷2 → 1.16

Nottingham Forest attack 1.16 + Preston defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.19

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 37%?"

Preston scores more
35%
level
28%
Nottingham Forest scores more
37%

Nottingham Forest at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Nottingham Forest 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.

Player of the match

6
B. DaviesPrestonPreston · D
8.2

Match Events

46'
J. Stockley← P. Gallagher
64'
L. Nmecha← S. Maguire
65'
D. Johnson← T. Barkhuizen
71'
João Carvalho← D. Murphy
83'
Jayden Stockley

Possession

60%Preston

Shots

10Preston

Pass accuracy

55%Preston

Statistics

PrestonNottingham
Overview
60%Possession40%
10Total Shots10
4Corners6
10Fouls18
Shots
10Total Shots10
3On Target2
5Off Target4
2Blocked4
7Inside Box8
3Outside Box2
Passing
60%Possession40%
485Total Passes303
354Accurate Passes183
73%Pass Accuracy60%
Goalkeeping
2Saves3
Discipline
10Fouls18
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
3Offsides1

Championship: Preston 0–0 Nottingham Forest

Preston and Nottingham Forest drew 0-0 in Championship on February 16, 2019.

Preston controlled possession (60%) and registered 10 shots to 10.

The match was played at Deepdale Stadium in Preston.