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Silver Sands vs Empire ClubPremier League 2019

2/16/2020Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 3Wildey Turf

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 23+ matches

Silver Sands16%
×Draw17%
Empire Club68%
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.

Silver Sands
1.25
Empire Club
2.71

Empire Club creates 117% more chances

Season form · 23 home / 26 away

creates per match

Silver Sands
0.74
Empire Club
1.54

allows per match

Silver Sands
3.87
Empire Club
1.77

finishing

Silver Sands+0.00on par
Empire Club+0.00on par

Total goals

75%Over
  • Over75
  • Under25

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

66%Yes
  • Yes66
  • No34

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Silver Sands

Empire Club
0
1
2
3
4
0
002%
015%
027%
036%
044%
1
102%
117%
129%
138%
145%
2
202%
214%
226%
235%
243%
3
301%
312%
322%
332%
341%
4
400%
411%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–2 (9%) · grid covers 87% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
98%2%1.5
90%10%2.5
75%25%3.5
55%45%4.5
35%65%

Double chance

Silver Sands or draw
32%
Silver Sands or Empire Club
83%
Draw or Empire Club
84%

Winning margin

Silver Sands wins by 2+
6%
Empire Club wins by 2+
47%

Team goals

Silver Sands 1+ goals
71%
Silver Sands 2+ goals
36%
Silver Sands 3+ goals
13%
Empire Club 1+ goals
93%
Empire Club 2+ goals
75%
Empire Club 3+ goals
50%

Draw no bet

Silver Sands (draw refunded)
19%
Empire Club (draw refunded)
81%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
60%
Both score & under 3
7%

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

Silver Sands at homecreates 0.74, concedes 3.87 · 23 matches

Empire Club awaycreates 1.54, concedes 1.77 · 26 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Silver Sands attack 0.74 + Empire Club defence 1.77 → ÷2 → 1.25

Empire Club attack 1.54 + Silver Sands defence 3.87 → ÷2 → 2.71

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 68%?"

Silver Sands scores more
16%
level
17%
Empire Club scores more
68%

Empire Club at 68% 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 68% does not mean "Empire Club 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

Premier League: Silver Sands 3–2 Empire Club

Silver Sands beat Empire Club 3-2 in Premier League on February 16, 2020.

The match was played at Wildey Turf in Bridgetown.