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Sunshine Stars vs Kano Pillars — NPFL 2019

Sunshine Stars
Sunshine Stars
FT
1 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars
9/30/2023NPFLNPFL · Round 1Akure Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 112+ matches

Sunshine Stars56%
×Draw27%
Kano Pillars17%
✓ 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.

Sunshine Stars
1.44
Kano Pillars
0.64

Sunshine Stars creates 125% more chances

Season form · 112 home / 121 away

creates per match

Sunshine Stars
1.33
Kano Pillars
0.64

allows per match

Sunshine Stars
0.63
Kano Pillars
1.54

finishing

Sunshine Stars+0.00on par
Kano Pillars+0.00on par

Total goals

66%Under
  • Under66
  • Over34

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

64%No
  • No64
  • Yes36

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sunshine Stars ↓

Kano Pillars →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–013%
0–18%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–018%
1–112%
1–24%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–013%
2–18%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–14%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
87%13%1.5
61%39%2.5
34%66%3.5
16%84%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Sunshine Stars or draw
83%
Sunshine Stars or Kano Pillars
73%
Draw or Kano Pillars
44%

Winning margin

Sunshine Stars wins by 2+
29%
Kano Pillars wins by 2+
4%

Team goals

Sunshine Stars 1+ goals
76%
Sunshine Stars 2+ goals
42%
Sunshine Stars 3+ goals
18%
Kano Pillars 1+ goals
47%
Kano Pillars 2+ goals
14%
Kano Pillars 3+ goals
3%

Draw no bet

Sunshine Stars (draw refunded)
77%
Kano Pillars (draw refunded)
23%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
25%
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

Sunshine Stars at home — creates 1.33, concedes 0.63 · 112 matches

Kano Pillars away — creates 0.64, concedes 1.54 · 121 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Sunshine Stars attack 1.33 + Kano Pillars defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.44

Kano Pillars attack 0.64 + Sunshine Stars defence 0.63 → ÷2 → 0.64

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 56%?"

Sunshine Stars scores more
56%
level
27%
Kano Pillars scores more
17%

Sunshine Stars at 56% 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 56% does not mean "Sunshine Stars 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: Sunshine Stars vs Kano Pillars

Sunshine Stars beat Kano Pillars 1-0 in NPFL on September 30, 2023.

The match was played at Akure Township Stadium in Akure.