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Spezia vs Benevento — Serie B 2018

Spezia
Spezia
FT
3 – 1
HT: 2 – 1
Benevento
Benevento
11/18/2018Serie BSerie B · Round 10Stadio Alberto Picco

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Spezia39%
×Draw28%
Benevento33%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% 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.

Spezia
1.27
Benevento
1.14

Spezia creates 11% more chances

Season form · 98 home / 79 away

creates per match

Spezia
1.48
Benevento
1.24

allows per match

Spezia
1.04
Benevento
1.05

finishing

Spezia+0.00on par
Benevento+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Under
  • Under57
  • Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%No
  • No51
  • Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Spezia ↓

Benevento →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–110%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
69%31%2.5
43%57%3.5
22%78%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Spezia or draw
67%
Spezia or Benevento
72%
Draw or Benevento
61%

Winning margin

Spezia wins by 2+
17%
Benevento wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Spezia 1+ goals
72%
Spezia 2+ goals
36%
Spezia 3+ goals
14%
Benevento 1+ goals
68%
Benevento 2+ goals
32%
Benevento 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

Spezia (draw refunded)
54%
Benevento (draw refunded)
46%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
36%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Spezia at home — creates 1.48, concedes 1.04 · 98 matches

Benevento away — creates 1.24, concedes 1.05 · 79 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Spezia attack 1.48 + Benevento defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 1.27

Benevento attack 1.24 + Spezia defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 1.14

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 39%?"

Spezia scores more
39%
level
28%
Benevento scores more
33%

Spezia at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Spezia 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

Match Recap: Spezia vs Benevento

Spezia beat Benevento 3-1 in Serie B on November 18, 2018.

The match was played at Stadio Alberto Picco in La Spezia.