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Sporting KC II vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds — USL Championship 2018

Sporting KC II
Sporting KC II
FT
2 – 2
HT: 0 – 0
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
3/23/2019USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 5Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City, Kansas)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 52+ matches

Sporting KC II34%
×Draw25%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds41%
✓ 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.

Sporting KC II
1.31
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
1.48

Pittsburgh Riverhounds creates 13% more chances

Season form · 52 home / 133 away

creates per match

Sporting KC II
1.52
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
1.32

allows per match

Sporting KC II
1.63
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
1.11

finishing

Sporting KC II+0.00on par
Pittsburgh Riverhounds+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Over
  • Over53
  • Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sporting KC II ↓

Pittsburgh Riverhounds →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–19%
0–27%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–29%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–18%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
77%23%2.5
53%47%3.5
30%70%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Sporting KC II or draw
59%
Sporting KC II or Pittsburgh Riverhounds
75%
Draw or Pittsburgh Riverhounds
66%

Winning margin

Sporting KC II wins by 2+
15%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds wins by 2+
20%

Team goals

Sporting KC II 1+ goals
73%
Sporting KC II 2+ goals
38%
Sporting KC II 3+ goals
14%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1+ goals
77%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2+ goals
43%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3+ goals
19%

Draw no bet

Sporting KC II (draw refunded)
45%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (draw refunded)
55%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
44%
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

Sporting KC II at home — creates 1.52, concedes 1.63 · 52 matches

Pittsburgh Riverhounds away — creates 1.32, concedes 1.11 · 133 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Sporting KC II attack 1.52 + Pittsburgh Riverhounds defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 1.31

Pittsburgh Riverhounds attack 1.32 + Sporting KC II defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.48

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 41%?"

Sporting KC II scores more
34%
level
25%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds scores more
41%

Pittsburgh Riverhounds at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Pittsburgh Riverhounds 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: Sporting KC II vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Sporting KC II and Pittsburgh Riverhounds drew 2-2 in USL Championship on March 23, 2019.

The match was played at Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City, Kansas).