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Santa Cruz vs SergipeSerie D 2026

Santa Cruz
Santa Cruzadvanced
Pens
21
HT: 10
Sergipe
Sergipe
8/9/2025Serie DSerie D · Round of 32Itaipava Arena Pernambuco

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 27+ matches

Santa Cruz46%
×Draw29%
Sergipe26%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
Always home
44.5%

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
1.29
Sergipe
0.89

Santa Cruz creates 45% more chances

Season form · 27 home / 51 away

creates per match

Santa Cruz
1.33
Sergipe
1.10

allows per match

Santa Cruz
0.67
Sergipe
1.24

finishing

Santa Cruz+0.00on par
Sergipe+0.00on par

Total goals

Under: 63Over: 3763%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No: 57Yes: 4357%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Santa Cruz

Sergipe
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
0110%
024%
031%
040%
1
1015%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
209%
218%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
314%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Santa Cruz or draw
74%
Santa Cruz or Sergipe
71%
Draw or Sergipe
54%

Winning margin

Santa Cruz wins by 2+
21%
Sergipe wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Santa Cruz 1+ goals
72%
Santa Cruz 2+ goals
37%
Santa Cruz 3+ goals
14%
Sergipe 1+ goals
59%
Sergipe 2+ goals
22%
Sergipe 3+ goals
6%

Draw no bet

Santa Cruz (draw refunded)
64%
Sergipe (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Santa Cruz at homecreates 1.33, concedes 0.67 · 27 matches

Sergipe awaycreates 1.10, concedes 1.24 · 51 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Santa Cruz attack 1.33 + Sergipe defence 1.24 → ÷2 → 1.29

Sergipe attack 1.10 + Santa Cruz defence 0.67 → ÷2 → 0.89

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 46%?"

Santa Cruz scores more
46%
level
29%
Sergipe scores more
26%

Santa Cruz at 46% 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 46% 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.

Santa
Sergipe
Marcelo Cabo
Manager: Marcelo Cabo
Dico Woolley
Manager: Dico Woolley

Serie D: Santa Cruz 2–1 Sergipe

Santa Cruz beat Sergipe 2-1 in Serie D on August 9, 2025.

Goals: Mateus Henrique (3'), Thiago Galhardo (56'), Felipe Para (64').

The match was played at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco in Recife.