Shanghai Shenhua vs Wuhan Zall — Super League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 53+ matches
Shanghai Shenhua52%
Wuhan Zall25%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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.
Shanghai Shenhua creates 55% more chances
Season form · 122 home / 53 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over56
- Under44
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes56
- No44
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Shanghai Shenhua ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% 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
Shanghai Shenhua at home — creates 1.86, concedes 1.23 · 122 matches
Wuhan Zall away — creates 1.04, concedes 1.68 · 53 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Shanghai Shenhua attack 1.86 + Wuhan Zall defence 1.68 → ÷2 → 1.77
Wuhan Zall attack 1.04 + Shanghai Shenhua defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.14
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 52%?"
Shanghai Shenhua at 52% 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 52% does not mean "Shanghai Shenhua 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
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Guizhou ZhichengIf 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
Possession
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Statistics
Shanghai Shenhua host Wuhan Zall on Friday, 2 August 2019 at 11:35. The match is part of the Super League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Shanghai Shenhua vs Wuhan Zall
Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan Zall drew 2-2 in Super League on August 2, 2019.
Goals: Léo Baptistão (26'), Kim Shin-Wook (32', 44'), J. Kouassi (48').
Wuhan Zall controlled possession (53%) and registered 11 shots to 19.
The match was played at Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai.