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Rayon Sports vs Heroes — National Soccer League 2019

Rayon Sports
Rayon Sports
CANC
09:00
Heroes
Heroes
5/17/2020National Soccer LeagueNational Soccer League · Round 28

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 11+ matches

Rayon Sports54%
×Draw27%
Heroes19%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% 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.

Rayon Sports
1.44
Heroes
0.74

Rayon Sports creates 95% more chances

Season form · 95 home / 11 away

creates per match

Rayon Sports
1.44
Heroes
0.73

allows per match

Rayon Sports
0.76
Heroes
1.45

finishing

Rayon Sports+0.00on par
Heroes+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

60%No
  • No60
  • Yes40

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rayon Sports ↓

Heroes →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–18%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–016%
1–112%
1–24%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–012%
2–19%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–14%
3–22%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Rayon Sports or draw
81%
Rayon Sports or Heroes
73%
Draw or Heroes
46%

Winning margin

Rayon Sports wins by 2+
27%
Heroes wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Rayon Sports 1+ goals
76%
Rayon Sports 2+ goals
42%
Rayon Sports 3+ goals
18%
Heroes 1+ goals
52%
Heroes 2+ goals
17%
Heroes 3+ goals
4%

Draw no bet

Rayon Sports (draw refunded)
74%
Heroes (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
28%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Rayon Sports at home — creates 1.44, concedes 0.76 · 95 matches

Heroes away — creates 0.73, concedes 1.45 · 11 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Rayon Sports attack 1.44 + Heroes defence 1.45 → ÷2 → 1.44

Heroes attack 0.73 + Rayon Sports defence 0.76 → ÷2 → 0.74

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 54%?"

Rayon Sports scores more
54%
level
27%
Heroes scores more
19%

Rayon Sports at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Rayon Sports 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

Rayon Sports vs Heroes — Match Preview

Rayon Sports face Heroes on May 17, 2020 in this National Soccer League fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

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