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Rhode Island vs Sacramento RepublicUSL League One Cup 2024

9/10/2025USL League One CupUSL League One Cup · Semi-finalsCentreville Bank Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Rhode Island69%
×Draw22%
Sacramento Republic9%
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.

Rhode Island
1.71
Sacramento Republic
0.42

Rhode Island creates 307% more chances

Season form · 3 home / 4 away

creates per match

Rhode Island
2.67
Sacramento Republic
0.50

allows per match

Rhode Island
0.33
Sacramento Republic
0.75

finishing

Rhode Island+0.00on par
Sacramento Republic+0.00on par

Total goals

64%Under
  • Under64
  • Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

72%No
  • No72
  • Yes28

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rhode Island

Sacramento Republic
0
1
2
3
4
0
0012%
015%
021%
030%
040%
1
1020%
119%
122%
130%
140%
2
2017%
217%
222%
230%
240%
3
3010%
314%
321%
330%
340%
4
404%
412%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (20%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
63%37%2.5
36%64%3.5
17%83%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Rhode Island or draw
91%
Rhode Island or Sacramento Republic
78%
Draw or Sacramento Republic
31%

Winning margin

Rhode Island wins by 2+
41%
Sacramento Republic wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Rhode Island 1+ goals
82%
Rhode Island 2+ goals
51%
Rhode Island 3+ goals
24%
Sacramento Republic 1+ goals
34%
Sacramento Republic 2+ goals
7%
Sacramento Republic 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Rhode Island (draw refunded)
89%
Sacramento Republic (draw refunded)
11%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
20%
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

Rhode Island at homecreates 2.67, concedes 0.33 · 3 matches

Sacramento Republic awaycreates 0.50, concedes 0.75 · 4 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Rhode Island attack 2.67 + Sacramento Republic defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 1.71

Sacramento Republic attack 0.50 + Rhode Island defence 0.33 → ÷2 → 0.42

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 69%?"

Rhode Island scores more
69%
level
22%
Sacramento Republic scores more
9%

Rhode Island at 69% 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 69% does not mean "Rhode Island 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.

Rhode
Sacramento
Khano Smith
Manager: Khano Smith
56'J. BritoD. Atkinson
68'F. NodarseA. Shapiro-Thompson
69'N. FusonA. Sanchez
77'Z. HerivauxG. Stoneman

Rhode Island substitutes

79'L. FernandesN. Ross
79'D. WannerK. Bennett

Sacramento Republic substitutes

Match Recap: Rhode Island vs Sacramento Republic

Rhode Island and Sacramento Republic drew 0-0 in USL League One Cup on September 10, 2025.

The match was played at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.