Republic of Ireland U17 vs Croatia U17 — UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification 2022
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 12+ matches
Republic of Ireland U1742%
Croatia U1734%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 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: 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.
Republic of Ireland U17 creates 12% more chances
Season form · 17 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over61
- Under39
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes63
- No37
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Republic of Ireland U17 ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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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
Republic of Ireland U17 at home — creates 2.35, concedes 1.24 · 17 matches
Croatia U17 away — creates 1.75, concedes 1.00 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Republic of Ireland U17 attack 2.35 + Croatia U17 defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.68
Croatia U17 attack 1.75 + Republic of Ireland U17 defence 1.24 → ÷2 → 1.50
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 42%?"
Republic of Ireland U17 at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Republic of Ireland U17 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.
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
Republic of Ireland U17 host Croatia U17 on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 11:00. The match is part of the UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification 2022/2023 season.
Republic of Ireland U17 0 – 5 Croatia U17
Croatia U17 beat Republic of Ireland U17 5-0 in UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification on March 26, 2024.
Goals: M. Ćutuk (34' pen, 85' pen), M. Zebić (45+1'), P. Marić (80'), L. Puljić (90+6').
The match was played at Estádio Dr. José de Matos in Viana do Castelo.