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Rivers United vs Bendel Insurance — NPFL 2019

Rivers United
Rivers United
FT
2 – 2
HT: 1 – 1
Bendel Insurance
Bendel Insurance
1/30/2025NPFLNPFL · Round 21Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Rivers United59%
×Draw27%
Bendel Insurance14%
✓ 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.

Rivers United
1.40
Bendel Insurance
0.52

Rivers United creates 169% more chances

Season form · 130 home / 79 away

creates per match

Rivers United
1.68
Bendel Insurance
0.61

allows per match

Rivers United
0.42
Bendel Insurance
1.13

finishing

Rivers United+0.00on par
Bendel Insurance+0.00on par

Total goals

70%Under
  • Under70
  • Over30

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

69%No
  • No69
  • Yes31

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rivers United ↓

Bendel Insurance →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–015%
0–18%
0–22%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–021%
1–111%
1–23%
1–30%
1–40%
2
2–014%
2–17%
2–22%
2–30%
2–40%
3
3–07%
3–13%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (21%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
85%15%1.5
57%43%2.5
30%70%3.5
13%87%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Rivers United or draw
86%
Rivers United or Bendel Insurance
73%
Draw or Bendel Insurance
41%

Winning margin

Rivers United wins by 2+
30%
Bendel Insurance wins by 2+
3%

Team goals

Rivers United 1+ goals
75%
Rivers United 2+ goals
41%
Rivers United 3+ goals
17%
Bendel Insurance 1+ goals
41%
Bendel Insurance 2+ goals
10%
Bendel Insurance 3+ goals
2%

Draw no bet

Rivers United (draw refunded)
81%
Bendel Insurance (draw refunded)
19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
20%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Rivers United at home — creates 1.68, concedes 0.42 · 130 matches

Bendel Insurance away — creates 0.61, concedes 1.13 · 79 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Rivers United attack 1.68 + Bendel Insurance defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.40

Bendel Insurance attack 0.61 + Rivers United defence 0.42 → ÷2 → 0.52

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 59%?"

Rivers United scores more
59%
level
27%
Bendel Insurance scores more
14%

Rivers United at 59% 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 59% does not mean "Rivers United 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

NPFL: Rivers United 2–2 Bendel Insurance

Rivers United and Bendel Insurance drew 2-2 in NPFL on January 30, 2025.

The match was played at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.