Southampton 0–2 Chelsea: Result & Stats

Southampton

FT

0 – 2

HT: 0 – 1

Chelsea

Diego Costa 55'

E. Hazard 6'

10/30/2016

Premier League · Round 10St. Mary's Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 8+ matches

Southampton28%

×Draw23%

Chelsea49%

✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

48.6%

Always home

43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

SouthamptonExpected goals in this matchChelsea

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.

1.33

1.81

Southampton

1.33

Chelsea

1.81

Chelsea creates 36% more chances

Season form · 8 home / 36 away

1.19

creates per match

1.45

2.17

allows per match

1.48

creates per match

Southampton

1.19

Chelsea

1.45

allows per match

Southampton

2.17

Chelsea

1.48

+0.19scores more than expected

finishing

-0.01on par

finishing

Southampton+0.19scores more

Chelsea-0.01on par

Total goals

Over61
Under39

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes61
No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Southampton ↓

Chelsea →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–18%

0–27%

0–34%

0–42%

1

1–06%

1–110%

1–29%

1–36%

1–43%

2

2–04%

2–17%

2–26%

2–34%

2–42%

3

3–02%

3–13%

3–23%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

82%18%2.5

61%39%3.5

38%62%4.5

21%79%

Double chance

Southampton or draw

51%

Southampton or Chelsea

77%

Draw or Chelsea

72%

Winning margin

Southampton wins by 2+

12%

Chelsea wins by 2+

27%

Team goals

Southampton 1+ goals

74%

Southampton 2+ goals

38%

Southampton 3+ goals

15%

Chelsea 1+ goals

84%

Chelsea 2+ goals

54%

Chelsea 3+ goals

27%

Draw no bet

Southampton (draw refunded)

37%

Chelsea (draw refunded)

63%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

51%

Both score & under 3

10%

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

Southampton at home — creates 1.19, concedes 2.17 · 8 matches

Chelsea away — creates 1.45, concedes 1.48 · 36 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Southampton attack 1.19 + Chelsea defence 1.48 → ÷2 → 1.33

Chelsea attack 1.45 + Southampton defence 2.17 → ÷2 → 1.81

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 49%?"

Southampton scores more

28%

level

23%

Chelsea scores more

49%

Chelsea at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Chelsea 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

10

E. Hazard

Chelsea · F

8.6

Match Events

6'

E. Hazard↳ V. Moses

55'

Diego Costa↳ E. Hazard

61'

S. Boufal← J. Clasie

78'

P. Højbjerg← D. Tadić

78'

S. McQueen← R. Bertrand

78'

Willian← Pedro

87'

B. Ivanović← V. Moses

89'

M. Batshuayi← Diego Costa

Possession

Shots

Pass accuracy

Statistics

SouthamptonChelsea

Overview

54%Possession46%

10Total Shots13

7Corners3

13Fouls16

Shots

10Total Shots13

1On Target7

6Off Target4

3Blocked2

6Inside Box9

4Outside Box4

Passing

54%Possession46%

486Total Passes409

408Accurate Passes325

84%Pass Accuracy79%

Goalkeeping

5Saves1

Discipline

13Fouls16

2Offsides0