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St Joseph FC vs Kenya PoliceSuper League 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 16+ matches

St Joseph FC49%
×Draw26%
Kenya Police24%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

St Joseph FC
1.47
Kenya Police
0.94

St Joseph FC creates 56% more chances

Season form · 16 home / 18 away

creates per match

St Joseph FC
1.88
Kenya Police
0.94

allows per match

St Joseph FC
0.94
Kenya Police
1.06

finishing

St Joseph FC+0.00on par
Kenya Police+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Under
  • Under57
  • Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

53%No
  • No53
  • Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

St Joseph FC

Kenya Police
0
1
2
3
4
0
009%
018%
024%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1112%
126%
132%
140%
2
2010%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
305%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (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

St Joseph FC or draw
76%
St Joseph FC or Kenya Police
74%
Draw or Kenya Police
51%

Winning margin

St Joseph FC wins by 2+
25%
Kenya Police wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

St Joseph FC 1+ goals
77%
St Joseph FC 2+ goals
43%
St Joseph FC 3+ goals
18%
Kenya Police 1+ goals
61%
Kenya Police 2+ goals
24%
Kenya Police 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

St Joseph FC (draw refunded)
67%
Kenya Police (draw refunded)
33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
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

St Joseph FC at homecreates 1.88, concedes 0.94 · 16 matches

Kenya Police awaycreates 0.94, concedes 1.06 · 18 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

St Joseph FC attack 1.88 + Kenya Police defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.47

Kenya Police attack 0.94 + St Joseph FC defence 0.94 → ÷2 → 0.94

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 49%?"

St Joseph FC scores more
49%
level
26%
Kenya Police scores more
24%

St Joseph FC at 49% 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 49% does not mean "St Joseph FC 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

Super League: St Joseph FC 1–0 Kenya Police

St Joseph FC beat Kenya Police 1-0 in Super League on August 29, 2018.