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Rio Grande Valley vs Saint Louis — USL Championship 2018

Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley
FT
1 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Saint Louis
Saint Louis
3/17/2018USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 1H-E-B Park (Edinburg, Texas)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 45+ matches

Rio Grande Valley47%
×Draw26%
Saint Louis27%
✓ 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
1.48
Saint Louis
1.07

Rio Grande Valley creates 38% more chances

Season form · 91 home / 45 away

creates per match

Rio Grande Valley
1.44
Saint Louis
0.93

allows per match

Rio Grande Valley
1.21
Saint Louis
1.51

finishing

Rio Grande Valley+0.00on par
Saint Louis+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rio Grande Valley ↓

Saint Louis →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–18%
0–24%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
47%53%3.5
25%75%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Rio Grande Valley or draw
73%
Rio Grande Valley or Saint Louis
74%
Draw or Saint Louis
53%

Winning margin

Rio Grande Valley wins by 2+
23%
Saint Louis wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Rio Grande Valley 1+ goals
77%
Rio Grande Valley 2+ goals
43%
Rio Grande Valley 3+ goals
19%
Saint Louis 1+ goals
66%
Saint Louis 2+ goals
29%
Saint Louis 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Rio Grande Valley (draw refunded)
63%
Saint Louis (draw refunded)
37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
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

Saint Louis away — creates 0.93, concedes 1.51 · 45 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 + Saint Louis defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.48

Saint Louis attack 0.93 + Rio Grande Valley defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.07

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 47%?"

Rio Grande Valley scores more
47%
level
26%
Saint Louis scores more
27%

Rio Grande Valley at 47% 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 47% 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 1–1 Saint Louis

Rio Grande Valley and Saint Louis drew 1-1 in USL Championship on March 17, 2018.

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