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Stoke City vs Plymouth — Championship 2018

Stoke City
Stoke City
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Plymouth
Plymouth
1/4/2025ChampionshipChampionship · Round 26bet365 Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

Stoke City53%
×Draw26%
Plymouth21%
✓ 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.

Stoke City
1.55
Plymouth
0.88

Stoke City creates 76% more chances

Season form · 184 home / 46 away

creates per match

Stoke City
1.27
Plymouth
0.63

allows per match

Stoke City
1.13
Plymouth
1.83

finishing

Stoke City+0.00on par
Plymouth+0.00on par

Total goals

56%Under
  • Under56
  • Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Stoke City ↓

Plymouth →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–18%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–112%
1–25%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–011%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
44%56%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Stoke City or draw
79%
Stoke City or Plymouth
74%
Draw or Plymouth
47%

Winning margin

Stoke City wins by 2+
28%
Plymouth wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Stoke City 1+ goals
79%
Stoke City 2+ goals
46%
Stoke City 3+ goals
20%
Plymouth 1+ goals
59%
Plymouth 2+ goals
22%
Plymouth 3+ goals
6%

Draw no bet

Stoke City (draw refunded)
71%
Plymouth (draw refunded)
29%

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

Stoke City at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.13 · 184 matches

Plymouth away — creates 0.63, concedes 1.83 · 46 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Stoke City attack 1.27 + Plymouth defence 1.83 → ÷2 → 1.55

Plymouth attack 0.63 + Stoke City defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 0.88

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 53%?"

Stoke City scores more
53%
level
26%
Plymouth scores more
21%

Stoke City at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Stoke City 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

Championship: Stoke City 0–0 Plymouth

Stoke City and Plymouth drew 0-0 in Championship on January 4, 2025.

The match was played at bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.