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Queen of the South vs Edinburgh CityLeague Cup 2022

M. Hewitt 78'
R. Lyon 51', 46'
K. Guthrie 16'
7/15/2025League CupLeague Cup · Group Stage - 2Palmerston Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 6+ matches

Queen of the South71%
×Draw17%
Edinburgh City12%
Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

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.

Queen of the South
2.52
Edinburgh City
0.95

Queen of the South creates 165% more chances

Season form · 6 home / 7 away

creates per match

Queen of the South
1.33
Edinburgh City
0.57

allows per match

Queen of the South
1.33
Edinburgh City
3.71

finishing

Queen of the South+0.00on par
Edinburgh City+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Over
  • Over67
  • Under33

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Queen of the South

Edinburgh City
0
1
2
3
4
0
003%
013%
021%
030%
040%
1
108%
118%
124%
131%
140%
2
2010%
2110%
225%
231%
240%
3
308%
318%
324%
331%
340%
4
405%
415%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 2–0 (10%) · grid covers 90% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
86%14%2.5
67%33%3.5
45%55%4.5
26%74%

Double chance

Queen of the South or draw
88%
Queen of the South or Edinburgh City
83%
Draw or Edinburgh City
29%

Winning margin

Queen of the South wins by 2+
49%
Edinburgh City wins by 2+
4%

Team goals

Queen of the South 1+ goals
92%
Queen of the South 2+ goals
71%
Queen of the South 3+ goals
45%
Edinburgh City 1+ goals
61%
Edinburgh City 2+ goals
25%
Edinburgh City 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Queen of the South (draw refunded)
85%
Edinburgh City (draw refunded)
15%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
49%
Both score & under 3
8%

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

Queen of the South at homecreates 1.33, concedes 1.33 · 6 matches

Edinburgh City awaycreates 0.57, concedes 3.71 · 7 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Queen of the South attack 1.33 + Edinburgh City defence 3.71 → ÷2 → 2.52

Edinburgh City attack 0.57 + Queen of the South defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 0.95

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 71%?"

Queen of the South scores more
71%
level
17%
Edinburgh City scores more
12%

Queen of the South at 71% 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 71% does not mean "Queen of the South 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.

Queen
Edinburgh
46'J. StottK. Guthrie
56'N. RogersonJ. Hannah
88'E. RossB. Luissint
90+3'H. McLindenK. Kennedy

Queen of the South substitutes

36'J. DuncanJ. Service
55'C. BrodieJ. Ferguson
71'L. MylesE. Lynch

Edinburgh City substitutes

Queen of the South 4 – 0 Edinburgh City

Queen of the South beat Edinburgh City 4-0 in League Cup on July 15, 2025.

Goals: K. Guthrie (16'), R. Lyon (46', 51'), M. Hewitt (78').

The match was played at Palmerston Park in Dumfries.