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Stevenage vs Exeter City — League One 2018

Stevenage
Stevenage
FT
1 – 1
HT: 1 – 0
Exeter City
Exeter City
12/16/2023League OneLeague One · Round 22The Lamex Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 70+ matches

Stevenage47%
×Draw27%
Exeter City26%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.

Stevenage
1.38
Exeter City
0.95

Stevenage creates 45% more chances

Season form · 70 home / 93 away

creates per match

Stevenage
1.17
Exeter City
1.05

allows per match

Stevenage
0.84
Exeter City
1.58

finishing

Stevenage+0.00on par
Exeter City+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Stevenage ↓

Exeter City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–19%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–013%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
41%59%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Stevenage or draw
74%
Stevenage or Exeter City
73%
Draw or Exeter City
53%

Winning margin

Stevenage wins by 2+
22%
Exeter City wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Stevenage 1+ goals
75%
Stevenage 2+ goals
40%
Stevenage 3+ goals
16%
Exeter City 1+ goals
61%
Exeter City 2+ goals
25%
Exeter City 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Stevenage (draw refunded)
64%
Exeter City (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
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

Stevenage at home — creates 1.17, concedes 0.84 · 70 matches

Exeter City away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.58 · 93 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Stevenage attack 1.17 + Exeter City defence 1.58 → ÷2 → 1.38

Exeter City attack 1.05 + Stevenage defence 0.84 → ÷2 → 0.95

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 47%?"

Stevenage scores more
47%
level
27%
Exeter City scores more
26%

Stevenage at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Stevenage 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: Stevenage vs Exeter City

Stevenage and Exeter City drew 1-1 in League One on December 16, 2023.

The match was played at The Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.