SC Ell vs Sporting Mertzig — Cup 2020
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
SC Ell11%
Sporting Mertzig78%✓ 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% 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.
Sporting Mertzig creates 158% more chances
Season form · 3 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over92
- Under8
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes79
- No21
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
SC Ell ↓
Most likely 1–3 (7%) · grid covers 66% of scorelines
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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
SC Ell at home — creates 0.67, concedes 4.67 · 3 matches
Sporting Mertzig away — creates 3.80, concedes 2.60 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
SC Ell attack 0.67 + Sporting Mertzig defence 2.60 → ÷2 → 1.64
Sporting Mertzig attack 3.80 + SC Ell defence 4.67 → ÷2 → 4.23
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 78%?"
Sporting Mertzig at 78% 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 78% does not mean "Sporting Mertzig 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
Head to Head
SC Ell host Sporting Mertzig on Sunday, 10 September 2023 at 14:00. The match is part of the Cup 2020/2021 season.
Cup: SC Ell 1–3 Sporting Mertzig
Sporting Mertzig beat SC Ell 3-1 in Cup on September 10, 2023.
The match was played at Stade Um Essig in Ell.