San Diego Loyal 5–1 Las Vegas Lights

San Diego Loyal

FT

5 – 1

HT: 1 – 1

Las Vegas Lights

8/19/2021

USL Championship · Round 29Torero Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 59+ matches

San Diego Loyal56%

×Draw22%

Las Vegas Lights23%

✓ 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.

San Diego LoyalExpected goals in this matchLas Vegas Lights

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.

1.98

1.19

San Diego Loyal

1.98

Las Vegas Lights

1.19

San Diego Loyal creates 66% more chances

Season form · 59 home / 133 away

1.85

creates per match

1.09

1.29

allows per match

2.11

creates per match

San Diego Loyal

1.85

Las Vegas Lights

1.09

allows per match

San Diego Loyal

1.29

Las Vegas Lights

2.11

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

San Diego Loyal+0.00on par

Las Vegas Lights+0.00on par

Total goals

Over61
Under39

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes60
No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

San Diego Loyal ↓

Las Vegas Lights →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–15%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–08%

1–110%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–110%

2–26%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–05%

3–16%

3–24%

3–32%

3–40%

4

4–03%

4–13%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

82%18%2.5

61%39%3.5

39%61%4.5

21%79%

Double chance

San Diego Loyal or draw

77%

San Diego Loyal or Las Vegas Lights

78%

Draw or Las Vegas Lights

44%

Winning margin

San Diego Loyal wins by 2+

33%

Las Vegas Lights wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

San Diego Loyal 1+ goals

86%

San Diego Loyal 2+ goals

59%

San Diego Loyal 3+ goals

31%

Las Vegas Lights 1+ goals

70%

Las Vegas Lights 2+ goals

33%

Las Vegas Lights 3+ goals

12%

Draw no bet

San Diego Loyal (draw refunded)

71%

Las Vegas Lights (draw refunded)

29%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

50%

Both score & under 3

10%

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

San Diego Loyal at home — creates 1.85, concedes 1.29 · 59 matches

Las Vegas Lights away — creates 1.09, concedes 2.11 · 133 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

San Diego Loyal attack 1.85 + Las Vegas Lights defence 2.11 → ÷2 → 1.98

Las Vegas Lights attack 1.09 + San Diego Loyal defence 1.29 → ÷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 56%?"

San Diego Loyal scores more

56%

level

22%

Las Vegas Lights scores more

23%

San Diego Loyal at 56% 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 56% does not mean "San Diego Loyal 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