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Reno 1868 vs Sporting KC II — USL Championship 2018

Reno 1868
Reno 1868
FT
3 – 4
HT: 1 – 0
Sporting KC II
Sporting KC II
3/17/2018USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 2Aces Ballpark (Reno, Nevada)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 45+ matches

Reno 186857%
×Draw21%
Sporting KC II22%
✓ 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.

Reno 1868
2.16
Sporting KC II
1.29

Reno 1868 creates 67% more chances

Season form · 45 home / 66 away

creates per match

Reno 1868
2.13
Sporting KC II
1.18

allows per match

Reno 1868
1.40
Sporting KC II
2.18

finishing

Reno 1868+0.00on par
Sporting KC II+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Over
  • Over67
  • Under33

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

64%Yes
  • Yes64
  • No36

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Reno 1868 ↓

Sporting KC II →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–03%
0–14%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–07%
1–19%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–110%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–17%
3–24%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–03%
4–14%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 93% 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

Reno 1868 or draw
78%
Reno 1868 or Sporting KC II
79%
Draw or Sporting KC II
43%

Winning margin

Reno 1868 wins by 2+
35%
Sporting KC II wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Reno 1868 1+ goals
88%
Reno 1868 2+ goals
63%
Reno 1868 3+ goals
36%
Sporting KC II 1+ goals
72%
Sporting KC II 2+ goals
37%
Sporting KC II 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Reno 1868 (draw refunded)
72%
Sporting KC II (draw refunded)
28%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
55%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Reno 1868 at home — creates 2.13, concedes 1.40 · 45 matches

Sporting KC II away — creates 1.18, concedes 2.18 · 66 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Reno 1868 attack 2.13 + Sporting KC II defence 2.18 → ÷2 → 2.16

Sporting KC II attack 1.18 + Reno 1868 defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.29

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 57%?"

Reno 1868 scores more
57%
level
21%
Sporting KC II scores more
22%

Reno 1868 at 57% 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 57% does not mean "Reno 1868 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

Match Recap: Reno 1868 vs Sporting KC II

Sporting KC II beat Reno 1868 4-3 in USL Championship on March 17, 2018.

The match was played at Aces Ballpark (Reno, Nevada).