Maranhão score first in only 20% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 7+ matches
Santa Cruz49%
Maranhão21%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Santa Cruz creates 74% more chances
Season form · 45 home / 7 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under68
- Over32
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No63
- Yes37
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Santa Cruz ↓
Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Santa Cruz at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.04 · 45 matches
Maranhão away — creates 0.43, concedes 1.14 · 7 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Santa Cruz attack 1.40 + Maranhão defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.27
Maranhão attack 0.43 + Santa Cruz defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 0.73
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 49%?"
Santa Cruz at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Santa Cruz 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
- 77% of Santa Cruz’s matches stay under 2.5 goals
- 70% of Maranhão’s matches stay under 2.5 goals
- Both teams score in only 30% of Maranhão’s matches
- Both teams score in only 31% of Santa Cruz’s matches
- Santa Cruz sit 3, Maranhão 15 in the table
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
Nautico Recife
Sampaio Correa
Imperatriz
Confiança
Ferroviario
Botafogo PBSanta Cruz
Treze
ABC
Globo
Ypiranga-RS
Juventude
Sao Jose
Paysandu
remo
Volta Redonda
Tombense
BOA
Luverdense
Atlético AcreanoIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Santa Cruz host Maranhão on Saturday, 15 August 2026 at 22:30. The match is part of the Serie C 2026/2027 season.
Santa Cruz vs Maranhão — Match Preview
Santa Cruz face Maranhão on August 15, 2026 in this Serie C fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.
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