South Africa vs Angola — Africa Cup of Nations 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 9+ matches
South Africa54%
Angola19%✓ 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.
South Africa creates 97% more chances
Season form · 9 home / 9 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under63
- Over37
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No60
- Yes40
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
South Africa ↓
Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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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 at home — creates 1.67, concedes 0.56 · 9 matches
Angola away — creates 0.89, concedes 1.22 · 9 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 attack 1.67 + Angola defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.44
Angola attack 0.89 + South Africa defence 0.56 → ÷2 → 0.73
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 54%?"
South Africa at 54% 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 54% does not mean "South Africa 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
Head to Head
4 previous meetings · small sample
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
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Statistics
South Africa host Angola on Monday, 22 December 2025 at 17:00. The match is part of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019/2020 season.
Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa 2–1 Angola
South Africa beat Angola 2-1 in Africa Cup of Nations on December 22, 2025.
Goals: O. Appollis (21'), Show (35'), L. Foster (79').
South Africa controlled possession (58%) and registered 10 shots to 10.
The match was played at Grand Stade de Marrakech in Marrakech.