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Swindon Town vs Doncaster — League Two 2018

Swindon Town
Swindon Town
FT
0 – 2
HT: 0 – 0
Doncaster
Doncaster
2/11/2023League TwoLeague Two · Round 31The County Ground

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 73+ matches

Swindon Town43%
×Draw25%
Doncaster32%
✓ 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.

Swindon Town
1.52
Doncaster
1.28

Swindon Town creates 19% more chances

Season form · 158 home / 73 away

creates per match

Swindon Town
1.61
Doncaster
1.38

allows per match

Swindon Town
1.19
Doncaster
1.42

finishing

Swindon Town+0.00on par
Doncaster+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Over
  • Over53
  • Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Swindon Town ↓

Doncaster →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
77%23%2.5
53%47%3.5
31%69%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Swindon Town or draw
68%
Swindon Town or Doncaster
75%
Draw or Doncaster
57%

Winning margin

Swindon Town wins by 2+
21%
Doncaster wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Swindon Town 1+ goals
78%
Swindon Town 2+ goals
45%
Swindon Town 3+ goals
20%
Doncaster 1+ goals
72%
Doncaster 2+ goals
37%
Doncaster 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Swindon Town (draw refunded)
57%
Doncaster (draw refunded)
43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
45%
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

Swindon Town at home — creates 1.61, concedes 1.19 · 158 matches

Doncaster away — creates 1.38, concedes 1.42 · 73 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Swindon Town attack 1.61 + Doncaster defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.52

Doncaster attack 1.38 + Swindon Town defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.28

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 43%?"

Swindon Town scores more
43%
level
25%
Doncaster scores more
32%

Swindon Town at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Swindon Town 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: Swindon Town vs Doncaster

Doncaster beat Swindon Town 2-0 in League Two on February 11, 2023.

The match was played at The County Ground in Swindon, Wiltshire.