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Saint Louis vs Manitoba — USL League Two 2018

Saint Louis
Saint Louis
PST
22:00
Manitoba
Manitoba
5/24/2020USL League TwoUSL League Two · Round 11Tony Glavin Soccer Complex (Cottleville, Missouri)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 7+ matches

Saint Louis47%
×Draw22%
Manitoba31%
✓ 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.

Saint Louis
1.98
Manitoba
1.59

Saint Louis creates 25% more chances

Season form · 7 home / 12 away

creates per match

Saint Louis
2.29
Manitoba
1.75

allows per match

Saint Louis
1.43
Manitoba
1.67

finishing

Saint Louis+0.00on par
Manitoba+0.00on par

Total goals

69%Over
  • Over69
  • Under31

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

69%Yes
  • Yes69
  • No31

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Saint Louis ↓

Manitoba →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–03%
0–15%
0–24%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–06%
1–19%
1–27%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–19%
2–27%
2–34%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–16%
3–25%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–02%
4–13%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (9%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
87%13%2.5
69%31%3.5
48%52%4.5
28%72%

Double chance

Saint Louis or draw
69%
Saint Louis or Manitoba
78%
Draw or Manitoba
53%

Winning margin

Saint Louis wins by 2+
26%
Manitoba wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Saint Louis 1+ goals
86%
Saint Louis 2+ goals
59%
Saint Louis 3+ goals
31%
Manitoba 1+ goals
80%
Manitoba 2+ goals
47%
Manitoba 3+ goals
21%

Draw no bet

Saint Louis (draw refunded)
60%
Manitoba (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
60%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Saint Louis at home — creates 2.29, concedes 1.43 · 7 matches

Manitoba away — creates 1.75, concedes 1.67 · 12 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Saint Louis attack 2.29 + Manitoba defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.98

Manitoba attack 1.75 + Saint Louis defence 1.43 → ÷2 → 1.59

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 47%?"

Saint Louis scores more
47%
level
22%
Manitoba scores more
31%

Saint Louis at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Saint Louis 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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Saint Louis host Manitoba at Tony Glavin Soccer Complex (Cottleville, Missouri).

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