Russia U19 vs Kosovo U19 — UEFA U19 Championship 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
Russia U1948%
Kosovo U1922%✓ 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Russia U19 creates 70% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under71
- Over29
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No65
- Yes35
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Russia U19 ↓
Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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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
Russia U19 at home — creates 1.17, concedes 1.00 · 6 matches
Kosovo U19 away — creates 0.40, concedes 1.20 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Russia U19 attack 1.17 + Kosovo U19 defence 1.20 → ÷2 → 1.19
Kosovo U19 attack 0.40 + Russia U19 defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.70
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 48%?"
Russia U19 at 48% 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 48% does not mean "Russia U19 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.
Match Events
Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small sampleRussia U19 host Kosovo U19 on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 at 13:00. The match is part of the UEFA U19 Championship 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Russia U19 vs Kosovo U19
Russia U19 and Kosovo U19 drew 1-1 in UEFA U19 Championship on November 13, 2019.
Goals: A. Aliu (11'), I. Shkolik (12').
The match was played at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in Caerdydd.