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San Diego Loyal vs Louisville City — USL Championship 2018

San Diego Loyal
San Diego Loyal
FT
2 – 5
HT: 1 – 2
Louisville City
Louisville City
4/17/2022USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 8Torero Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 59+ matches

San Diego Loyal39%
×Draw25%
Louisville City37%
✓ 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.

San Diego Loyal
1.49
Louisville City
1.44

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 59 home / 130 away

creates per match

San Diego Loyal
1.85
Louisville City
1.59

allows per match

San Diego Loyal
1.29
Louisville City
1.12

finishing

San Diego Loyal+0.00on par
Louisville City+0.00on par

Total goals

56%Over
  • Over56
  • Under44

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

59%Yes
  • Yes59
  • No41

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

San Diego Loyal ↓

Louisville City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–18%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–111%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
79%21%2.5
56%44%3.5
34%66%4.5
17%83%

Double chance

San Diego Loyal or draw
63%
San Diego Loyal or Louisville City
75%
Draw or Louisville City
61%

Winning margin

San Diego Loyal wins by 2+
19%
Louisville City wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

San Diego Loyal 1+ goals
77%
San Diego Loyal 2+ goals
44%
San Diego Loyal 3+ goals
19%
Louisville City 1+ goals
76%
Louisville City 2+ goals
42%
Louisville City 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

San Diego Loyal (draw refunded)
51%
Louisville City (draw refunded)
49%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
48%
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

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

Louisville City away — creates 1.59, concedes 1.12 · 130 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 + Louisville City defence 1.12 → ÷2 → 1.49

Louisville City attack 1.59 + San Diego Loyal defence 1.29 → ÷2 → 1.44

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 39%?"

San Diego Loyal scores more
39%
level
25%
Louisville City scores more
37%

San Diego Loyal at 39% 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 39% 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

Match Recap: San Diego Loyal vs Louisville City

Louisville City beat San Diego Loyal 5-2 in USL Championship on April 17, 2022.

The match was played at Torero Stadium in San Diego, California.