Rivers United vs Shooting Stars — NPFL 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 85+ matches
Rivers United64%
Shooting Stars12%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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 creates 214% more chances
Season form · 130 home / 85 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under65
- Over35
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No68
- Yes32
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Rivers United ↓
Most likely 1–0 (19%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Rivers United at home — creates 1.68, concedes 0.42 · 130 matches
Shooting Stars away — creates 0.60, concedes 1.53 · 85 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Rivers United attack 1.68 + Shooting Stars defence 1.53 → ÷2 → 1.60
Shooting Stars attack 0.60 + Rivers United defence 0.42 → ÷2 → 0.51
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 64%?"
Rivers United at 64% 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 64% 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Rivers United host Shooting Stars on Sunday, 9 June 2024 at 15:00. The match is part of the NPFL 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Rivers United vs Shooting Stars
Rivers United beat Shooting Stars 1-0 in NPFL on June 9, 2024.
The match was played at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.