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Sporting KC II vs Reno 1868 — USL Championship 2018

Sporting KC II
Sporting KC II
FT
3 – 3
HT: 2 – 1
Reno 1868
Reno 1868
8/19/2018USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 41Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City, Kansas)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 44+ matches

Sporting KC II30%
×Draw24%
Reno 186846%
✓ 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
1.36
Reno 1868
1.73

Reno 1868 creates 27% more chances

Season form · 52 home / 44 away

creates per match

Sporting KC II
1.52
Reno 1868
1.84

allows per match

Sporting KC II
1.63
Reno 1868
1.20

finishing

Sporting KC II+0.00on par
Reno 1868+0.00on par

Total goals

60%Over
  • Over60
  • Under40

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

61%Yes
  • Yes61
  • No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sporting KC II ↓

Reno 1868 →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–18%
0–27%
0–34%
0–42%
1
1–06%
1–111%
1–29%
1–35%
1–42%
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 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
81%19%2.5
60%40%3.5
37%63%4.5
20%80%

Double chance

Sporting KC II or draw
54%
Sporting KC II or Reno 1868
76%
Draw or Reno 1868
70%

Winning margin

Sporting KC II wins by 2+
13%
Reno 1868 wins by 2+
25%

Team goals

Sporting KC II 1+ goals
74%
Sporting KC II 2+ goals
39%
Sporting KC II 3+ goals
16%
Reno 1868 1+ goals
82%
Reno 1868 2+ goals
52%
Reno 1868 3+ goals
25%

Draw no bet

Sporting KC II (draw refunded)
40%
Reno 1868 (draw refunded)
60%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
50%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Reno 1868 away — creates 1.84, concedes 1.20 · 44 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 + Reno 1868 defence 1.20 → ÷2 → 1.36

Reno 1868 attack 1.84 + Sporting KC II defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.73

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 46%?"

Sporting KC II scores more
30%
level
24%
Reno 1868 scores more
46%

Reno 1868 at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Reno 1868 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

USL Championship: Sporting KC II 3–3 Reno 1868

Sporting KC II and Reno 1868 drew 3-3 in USL Championship on August 19, 2018.

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