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Shaanxi Changan Athletic vs Nantong ZhiyunLeague One 2018

11/28/2022League OneLeague One · Round 32Jiangsu Jiangning Football Training Base

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 56+ matches

Shaanxi Changan Athletic37%
×Draw28%
Nantong Zhiyun35%
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.

Shaanxi Changan Athletic
1.21
Nantong Zhiyun
1.16

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 56 home / 77 away

creates per match

Shaanxi Changan Athletic
1.46
Nantong Zhiyun
1.38

allows per match

Shaanxi Changan Athletic
0.93
Nantong Zhiyun
0.96

finishing

Shaanxi Changan Athletic+0.00on par
Nantong Zhiyun+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Under
  • Under58
  • Over42

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Shaanxi Changan Athletic

Nantong Zhiyun
0
1
2
3
4
0
009%
0111%
026%
032%
041%
1
1011%
1113%
128%
133%
141%
2
207%
218%
225%
232%
241%
3
303%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
68%32%2.5
42%58%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Shaanxi Changan Athletic or draw
65%
Shaanxi Changan Athletic or Nantong Zhiyun
72%
Draw or Nantong Zhiyun
63%

Winning margin

Shaanxi Changan Athletic wins by 2+
16%
Nantong Zhiyun wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Shaanxi Changan Athletic 1+ goals
70%
Shaanxi Changan Athletic 2+ goals
34%
Shaanxi Changan Athletic 3+ goals
12%
Nantong Zhiyun 1+ goals
69%
Nantong Zhiyun 2+ goals
32%
Nantong Zhiyun 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

Shaanxi Changan Athletic (draw refunded)
52%
Nantong Zhiyun (draw refunded)
48%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
35%
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

Shaanxi Changan Athletic at homecreates 1.46, concedes 0.93 · 56 matches

Nantong Zhiyun awaycreates 1.38, concedes 0.96 · 77 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Shaanxi Changan Athletic attack 1.46 + Nantong Zhiyun defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 1.21

Nantong Zhiyun attack 1.38 + Shaanxi Changan Athletic defence 0.93 → ÷2 → 1.16

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 37%?"

Shaanxi Changan Athletic scores more
37%
level
28%
Nantong Zhiyun scores more
35%

Shaanxi Changan Athletic at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Shaanxi Changan Athletic 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

League One: Shaanxi Changan Athletic 3–2 Nantong Zhiyun

Shaanxi Changan Athletic beat Nantong Zhiyun 3-2 in League One on November 28, 2022.

The match was played at Jiangsu Jiangning Football Training Base in Nanjing.