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Rotherham vs Exeter City — League Two 2018

Rotherham
Rotherham
Preview
18:45
Exeter City
Exeter City
4/27/2027League TwoLeague Two · Round 44Aesseal New York Stadium
Big match
41%
Rotherham
model favours
41%25%34%
1–1
likely score
55%
over 2.5 goals
58%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Rotherham41%
×Draw25%
Exeter City34%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

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 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% 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.

Rotherham
1.53
Exeter City
1.36

Rotherham creates 13% more chances

Season form · 19 home / 97 away

creates per match

Rotherham
1.74
Exeter City
1.35

allows per match

Rotherham
1.37
Exeter City
1.32

finishing

Rotherham+0.00on par
Exeter City+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Over
  • Over55
  • Under45

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rotherham ↓

Exeter City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
55%45%3.5
33%67%4.5
17%83%

Double chance

Rotherham or draw
66%
Rotherham or Exeter City
75%
Draw or Exeter City
59%

Winning margin

Rotherham wins by 2+
20%
Exeter City wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Rotherham 1+ goals
78%
Rotherham 2+ goals
45%
Rotherham 3+ goals
20%
Exeter City 1+ goals
74%
Exeter City 2+ goals
39%
Exeter City 3+ goals
16%

Draw no bet

Rotherham (draw refunded)
55%
Exeter City (draw refunded)
45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
47%
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

Rotherham at home — creates 1.74, concedes 1.37 · 19 matches

Exeter City away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.32 · 97 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Rotherham attack 1.74 + Exeter City defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.53

Exeter City attack 1.35 + Rotherham defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.36

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%?"

Rotherham scores more
41%
level
25%
Exeter City scores more
34%

Rotherham 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 "Rotherham 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.

Form
Rotherham
WDDWL
City
LLDDD

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Rotherham vs Exeter City — Match Preview

Rotherham face Exeter City on April 27, 2027 in this League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Rotherham host Exeter City at Aesseal New York Stadium.

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