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Saint Louis vs OKC EnergyUSL Championship 2018

Saint Louis
Saint Louis
FT
00
HT: 00
OKC Energy
OKC Energy
10/14/2018USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 57Toyota Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 44+ matches

Saint Louis51%
×Draw25%
OKC Energy24%
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
1.62
OKC Energy
1.04

Saint Louis creates 56% more chances

Season form · 44 home / 58 away

creates per match

Saint Louis
1.50
OKC Energy
1.19

allows per match

Saint Louis
0.89
OKC Energy
1.74

finishing

Saint Louis+0.00on par
OKC Energy+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Saint Louis

OKC Energy
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
017%
024%
031%
040%
1
1011%
1112%
126%
132%
141%
2
209%
2110%
225%
232%
240%
3
305%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Saint Louis or draw
76%
Saint Louis or OKC Energy
75%
Draw or OKC Energy
49%

Winning margin

Saint Louis wins by 2+
27%
OKC Energy wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Saint Louis 1+ goals
80%
Saint Louis 2+ goals
48%
Saint Louis 3+ goals
22%
OKC Energy 1+ goals
65%
OKC Energy 2+ goals
28%
OKC Energy 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Saint Louis (draw refunded)
68%
OKC Energy (draw refunded)
32%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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

Saint Louis at homecreates 1.50, concedes 0.89 · 44 matches

OKC Energy awaycreates 1.19, concedes 1.74 · 58 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 1.50 + OKC Energy defence 1.74 → ÷2 → 1.62

OKC Energy attack 1.19 + Saint Louis defence 0.89 → ÷2 → 1.04

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 51%?"

Saint Louis scores more
51%
level
25%
OKC Energy scores more
24%

Saint Louis at 51% 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 51% 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.

Saint
OKC
A. Pulis
Manager: A. Pulis
57'A. MartzK. Dacres
60'A. DikwaC. Hertzog

Saint Louis substitutes

S. Cooke
Manager: S. Cooke
75'M. PattersonM. Bustos
84'Jaime SiajA. Dixon

OKC Energy substitutes

Match Recap: Saint Louis vs OKC Energy

Saint Louis and OKC Energy drew 0-0 in USL Championship on October 14, 2018.

The match was played at Toyota Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri).