Royal AM vs Richards Bay — Premier Soccer League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 51+ matches
Royal AM44%
Richards Bay25%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.
Royal AM creates 44% more chances
Season form · 51 home / 63 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under69
- Over31
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No62
- Yes38
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Royal AM ↓
Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 99% 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
Royal AM at home — creates 1.08, concedes 0.98 · 51 matches
Richards Bay away — creates 0.62, concedes 1.22 · 63 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Royal AM attack 1.08 + Richards Bay defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.15
Richards Bay attack 0.62 + Royal AM defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 0.80
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 44%?"
Royal AM at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Royal AM 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Royal AM host Richards Bay on Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 17:30. The match is part of the Premier Soccer League 2018/2019 season.
Premier Soccer League: Royal AM 0–0 Richards Bay
Royal AM and Richards Bay drew 0-0 in Premier Soccer League on September 24, 2024.
The match was played at Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg, KN.