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Salford City vs Rotherham — League Two 2018

Salford City
Salford City
Preview
15:00
Rotherham
Rotherham
2/20/2027League TwoLeague Two · Round 32Peninsula Stadium
44%
Salford City
model favours
44%27%29%

Salford City score first in only 33% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
55%
under 2.5 goals
49%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Salford City44%
×Draw27%
Rotherham29%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

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 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% 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.

Salford City
1.39
Rotherham
1.07

Salford City creates 30% more chances

Season form · 157 home / 19 away

creates per match

Salford City
1.40
Rotherham
1.00

allows per match

Salford City
1.14
Rotherham
1.37

finishing

Salford City+0.00on par
Rotherham+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Under
  • Under55
  • Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%No
  • No51
  • Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Salford City ↓

Rotherham →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–19%
0–25%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–113%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
45%55%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Salford City or draw
71%
Salford City or Rotherham
73%
Draw or Rotherham
56%

Winning margin

Salford City wins by 2+
21%
Rotherham wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Salford City 1+ goals
75%
Salford City 2+ goals
40%
Salford City 3+ goals
16%
Rotherham 1+ goals
66%
Rotherham 2+ goals
29%
Rotherham 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

Salford City (draw refunded)
60%
Rotherham (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Salford City at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.14 · 157 matches

Rotherham away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.37 · 19 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Salford City attack 1.40 + Rotherham defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.39

Rotherham attack 1.00 + Salford City defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.07

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 44%?"

Salford City scores more
44%
level
27%
Rotherham scores more
29%

Salford City 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 "Salford City 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 Insights

  • Salford City fall short of their xG (1.4 vs 1.7 expected)
  • Salford City and Rotherham have never met before

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
City
WLLWD
Rotherham
WDDWL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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