SKN ST. Polten vs Red Bull Salzburg — Bundesliga 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 49+ matches
SKN ST. Polten19%
Red Bull Salzburg59%✓ 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.
Red Bull Salzburg creates 90% more chances
Season form · 49 home / 127 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over58
- Under42
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes56
- No44
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
SKN ST. Polten ↓
Most likely 0–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% 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
SKN ST. Polten at home — creates 1.06, concedes 1.80 · 49 matches
Red Bull Salzburg away — creates 2.15, concedes 1.02 · 127 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
SKN ST. Polten attack 1.06 + Red Bull Salzburg defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 1.04
Red Bull Salzburg attack 2.15 + SKN ST. Polten defence 1.80 → ÷2 → 1.98
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 59%?"
Red Bull Salzburg at 59% 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 59% does not mean "Red Bull Salzburg 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
SKN ST. Polten substitutes
If 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
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
SKN ST. Polten host Red Bull Salzburg on Saturday, 28 November 2020 at 16:00. The match is part of the Bundesliga 2018/2019 season.
Bundesliga: SKN ST. Polten 2–8 Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg beat SKN ST. Polten 8-2 in Bundesliga on November 28, 2020.
Goals: M. Berisha (7'), D. Szoboszlai (13' pen, 25' pen, 52'), K. Adeyemi (22'), D. Hugi (33'), A. Schmidt (60'), S. Koïta (70', 87', 89').
Red Bull Salzburg controlled possession (59%) and registered 21 shots to 9.
The match was played at NV ARENA in St. Pölten.