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Saint Louis vs Phoenix Rising — USL Championship 2018

Saint Louis
Saint Louis
FT
1 – 3
HT: 0 – 1
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Rising
5/31/2018USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 20Toyota Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 47+ matches

Saint Louis45%
×Draw25%
Phoenix Rising30%
✓ 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
1.53
Phoenix Rising
1.19

Saint Louis creates 29% more chances

Season form · 47 home / 136 away

creates per match

Saint Louis
1.55
Phoenix Rising
1.40

allows per match

Saint Louis
0.98
Phoenix Rising
1.51

finishing

Saint Louis+0.00on par
Phoenix Rising+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Saint Louis ↓

Phoenix Rising →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Saint Louis or draw
70%
Saint Louis or Phoenix Rising
75%
Draw or Phoenix Rising
55%

Winning margin

Saint Louis wins by 2+
23%
Phoenix Rising wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Saint Louis 1+ goals
78%
Saint Louis 2+ goals
45%
Saint Louis 3+ goals
20%
Phoenix Rising 1+ goals
70%
Phoenix Rising 2+ goals
33%
Phoenix Rising 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Saint Louis (draw refunded)
60%
Phoenix Rising (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
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 home — creates 1.55, concedes 0.98 · 47 matches

Phoenix Rising away — creates 1.40, concedes 1.51 · 136 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 1.55 + Phoenix Rising defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.53

Phoenix Rising attack 1.40 + Saint Louis defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.19

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 45%?"

Saint Louis scores more
45%
level
25%
Phoenix Rising scores more
30%

Saint Louis at 45% 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 45% 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

Match Recap: Saint Louis vs Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising beat Saint Louis 3-1 in USL Championship on May 31, 2018.

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