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Sport Victoria vs CiencianoSegunda División 2018

10/13/2019Segunda DivisiónSegunda División · Round 18Estadio César Flores Marigorda (Lambayeque)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 25+ matches

Sport Victoria28%
×Draw22%
Cienciano50%
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.

Sport Victoria
1.42
Cienciano
1.94

Cienciano creates 37% more chances

Season form · 25 home / 28 away

creates per match

Sport Victoria
1.20
Cienciano
1.79

allows per match

Sport Victoria
2.08
Cienciano
1.64

finishing

Sport Victoria+0.00on par
Cienciano+0.00on par

Total goals

65%Over
  • Over65
  • Under35

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

65%Yes
  • Yes65
  • No35

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sport Victoria

Cienciano
0
1
2
3
4
0
003%
017%
027%
034%
042%
1
105%
1110%
129%
136%
143%
2
204%
217%
227%
234%
242%
3
302%
313%
323%
332%
341%
4
401%
411%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
85%15%2.5
65%35%3.5
43%57%4.5
24%76%

Double chance

Sport Victoria or draw
50%
Sport Victoria or Cienciano
78%
Draw or Cienciano
72%

Winning margin

Sport Victoria wins by 2+
13%
Cienciano wins by 2+
28%

Team goals

Sport Victoria 1+ goals
76%
Sport Victoria 2+ goals
41%
Sport Victoria 3+ goals
17%
Cienciano 1+ goals
86%
Cienciano 2+ goals
58%
Cienciano 3+ goals
30%

Draw no bet

Sport Victoria (draw refunded)
36%
Cienciano (draw refunded)
64%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
55%
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

Sport Victoria at homecreates 1.20, concedes 2.08 · 25 matches

Cienciano awaycreates 1.79, concedes 1.64 · 28 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Sport Victoria attack 1.20 + Cienciano defence 1.64 → ÷2 → 1.42

Cienciano attack 1.79 + Sport Victoria defence 2.08 → ÷2 → 1.94

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 50%?"

Sport Victoria scores more
28%
level
22%
Cienciano scores more
50%

Cienciano at 50% 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 50% does not mean "Cienciano 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

Segunda División: Sport Victoria 0–3 Cienciano

Cienciano beat Sport Victoria 3-0 in Segunda División on October 13, 2019.

The match was played at Estadio César Flores Marigorda (Lambayeque).