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Rio Grande Valley vs Memphis 901 — USL Championship 2018

Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley
FT
0 – 3
HT: 0 – 1
Memphis 901
Memphis 901
4/23/2023USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 8H-E-B Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 91+ matches

Rio Grande Valley41%
×Draw25%
Memphis 90133%
✓ 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.

Rio Grande Valley
1.46
Memphis 901
1.29

Rio Grande Valley creates 13% more chances

Season form · 91 home / 93 away

creates per match

Rio Grande Valley
1.44
Memphis 901
1.37

allows per match

Rio Grande Valley
1.21
Memphis 901
1.49

finishing

Rio Grande Valley+0.00on par
Memphis 901+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rio Grande Valley ↓

Memphis 901 →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Rio Grande Valley or draw
67%
Rio Grande Valley or Memphis 901
75%
Draw or Memphis 901
59%

Winning margin

Rio Grande Valley wins by 2+
20%
Memphis 901 wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Rio Grande Valley 1+ goals
77%
Rio Grande Valley 2+ goals
43%
Rio Grande Valley 3+ goals
18%
Memphis 901 1+ goals
72%
Memphis 901 2+ goals
37%
Memphis 901 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Rio Grande Valley (draw refunded)
55%
Memphis 901 (draw refunded)
45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
44%
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

Rio Grande Valley at home — creates 1.44, concedes 1.21 · 91 matches

Memphis 901 away — creates 1.37, concedes 1.49 · 93 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Rio Grande Valley attack 1.44 + Memphis 901 defence 1.49 → ÷2 → 1.46

Memphis 901 attack 1.37 + Rio Grande Valley defence 1.21 → ÷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 41%?"

Rio Grande Valley scores more
41%
level
25%
Memphis 901 scores more
33%

Rio Grande Valley at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Rio Grande Valley 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

USL Championship: Rio Grande Valley 0–3 Memphis 901

Memphis 901 beat Rio Grande Valley 3-0 in USL Championship on April 23, 2023.

The match was played at H-E-B Park in Edinburg, Texas.