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Southend vs Bury — League One 2018

Southend
Southend
Canc
19:45
Bury
Bury
1/24/2020League OneLeague One · Round 29

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 5+ matches

Southend42%
×Draw26%
Bury32%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
Always home
44.5%

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.

Southend
1.44
Bury
1.24

Southend creates 16% more chances

Season form · 45 home / 5 away

creates per match

Southend
1.27
Bury
0.60

allows per match

Southend
1.87
Bury
1.60

finishing

Southend+0.00on par
Bury+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Southend ↓

Bury →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–19%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Southend or draw
68%
Southend or Bury
74%
Draw or Bury
58%

Winning margin

Southend wins by 2+
20%
Bury wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Southend 1+ goals
76%
Southend 2+ goals
42%
Southend 3+ goals
18%
Bury 1+ goals
71%
Bury 2+ goals
35%
Bury 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Southend (draw refunded)
56%
Bury (draw refunded)
44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Southend at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.87 · 45 matches

Bury away — creates 0.60, concedes 1.60 · 5 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Southend attack 1.27 + Bury defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 1.44

Bury attack 0.60 + Southend defence 1.87 → ÷2 → 1.24

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 42%?"

Southend scores more
42%
level
26%
Bury scores more
32%

Southend at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Southend 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

Preview: Southend host Bury

January 24, 2020: Southend take on Bury in League One. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

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