Real Espana vs Platense FC — Liga Nacional 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 91+ matches
Real Espana53%
Platense FC24%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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.
Real Espana creates 61% more chances
Season form · 160 home / 91 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Real Espana ↓
Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Real Espana at home — creates 1.62, concedes 1.00 · 160 matches
Platense FC away — creates 1.12, concedes 1.79 · 91 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Real Espana attack 1.62 + Platense FC defence 1.79 → ÷2 → 1.71
Platense FC attack 1.12 + Real Espana defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.06
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 53%?"
Real Espana at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Real Espana 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.
Match Events
Head to Head
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Real Espana host Platense FC on Monday, 6 October 2025 at 01:30. The match is part of the Liga Nacional 2018/2019 season.
Liga Nacional: Real Espana 2–1 Platense FC
Real Espana beat Platense FC 2-1 in Liga Nacional on October 6, 2025.
Goals: O. Padilla (13'), Y. Moreno (48'), W. Decas (69').
The match was played at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula.