South Africa U17 vs Zambia U17 — CAF Cup of Nations - U17 2023
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
South Africa U1740%
Zambia U1740%✓ 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 5 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over81
- Under19
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes79
- No21
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
South Africa U17 ↓
Most likely 1–2 (7%) · grid covers 87% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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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
South Africa U17 at home — creates 2.00, concedes 2.60 · 5 matches
Zambia U17 away — creates 1.80, concedes 2.40 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
South Africa U17 attack 2.00 + Zambia U17 defence 2.40 → ÷2 → 2.20
Zambia U17 attack 1.80 + South Africa U17 defence 2.60 → ÷2 → 2.20
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 40%?"
South Africa U17 at 40% 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 40% does not mean "South Africa U17 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.
Match Events
Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small sample
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
South Africa U17 host Zambia U17 on Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 19:00. The match is part of the CAF Cup of Nations - U17 2023/2024 season.
CAF Cup of Nations - U17: South Africa U17 3–2 Zambia U17
South Africa U17 beat Zambia U17 3-2 in CAF Cup of Nations - U17 on May 3, 2023.
Goals: V. Mkhawana (12', 31'), E. Mwanza (45', 48'), M. Dokunmu (76').
The match was played at Stade Mohamed-Hamlaoui in Constantine.