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SamWest Blackboots vs Assad — Super League 2018

SamWest Blackboots
SamWest Blackboots
FT
0 – 2
Assad
Assad
9/22/2024Super LeagueSuper League · Round 1Vapor Field

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 17+ matches

SamWest Blackboots54%
×Draw24%
Assad22%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

SamWest Blackboots
1.73
Assad
1.02

SamWest Blackboots creates 70% more chances

Season form · 17 home / 73 away

creates per match

SamWest Blackboots
1.18
Assad
0.74

allows per match

SamWest Blackboots
1.29
Assad
2.29

finishing

SamWest Blackboots+0.00on par
Assad+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

SamWest Blackboots ↓

Assad →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–011%
1–111%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–010%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–16%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

SamWest Blackboots or draw
78%
SamWest Blackboots or Assad
76%
Draw or Assad
46%

Winning margin

SamWest Blackboots wins by 2+
30%
Assad wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

SamWest Blackboots 1+ goals
82%
SamWest Blackboots 2+ goals
52%
SamWest Blackboots 3+ goals
25%
Assad 1+ goals
64%
Assad 2+ goals
27%
Assad 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

SamWest Blackboots (draw refunded)
71%
Assad (draw refunded)
29%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

SamWest Blackboots at home — creates 1.18, concedes 1.29 · 17 matches

Assad away — creates 0.74, concedes 2.29 · 73 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

SamWest Blackboots attack 1.18 + Assad defence 2.29 → ÷2 → 1.73

Assad attack 0.74 + SamWest Blackboots defence 1.29 → ÷2 → 1.02

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 54%?"

SamWest Blackboots scores more
54%
level
24%
Assad scores more
22%

SamWest Blackboots at 54% 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 54% does not mean "SamWest Blackboots 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: SamWest Blackboots vs Assad

Assad beat SamWest Blackboots 2-0 in Super League on September 22, 2024.

The match was played at Vapor Field in Ngong.