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Swindon Town vs Rotherham — League Two 2018

Swindon Town
Swindon Town
Preview
15:00
Rotherham
Rotherham
10/31/2026League TwoLeague Two · Round 14County Ground
Big match
46%
Swindon Town
model favours
46%26%28%

Swindon Town score first in only 9% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
51%
under 2.5 goals
52%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Swindon Town46%
×Draw26%
Rotherham28%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

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 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% 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
1.51
Rotherham
1.11

Swindon Town creates 36% more chances

Season form · 139 home / 19 away

creates per match

Swindon Town
1.65
Rotherham
1.00

allows per match

Swindon Town
1.22
Rotherham
1.37

finishing

Swindon Town+0.00on par
Rotherham+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Swindon Town ↓

Rotherham →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–18%
0–24%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–011%
1–112%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
49%51%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Swindon Town or draw
72%
Swindon Town or Rotherham
74%
Draw or Rotherham
54%

Winning margin

Swindon Town wins by 2+
23%
Rotherham wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Swindon Town 1+ goals
78%
Swindon Town 2+ goals
44%
Swindon Town 3+ goals
19%
Rotherham 1+ goals
67%
Rotherham 2+ goals
30%
Rotherham 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Swindon Town (draw refunded)
62%
Rotherham (draw refunded)
38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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 1.65, concedes 1.22 · 139 matches

Rotherham away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.37 · 19 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 1.65 + Rotherham defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.51

Rotherham attack 1.00 + Swindon Town defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.11

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 46%?"

Swindon Town scores more
46%
level
26%
Rotherham scores more
28%

Swindon Town at 46% 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 46% 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.

Match Insights

  • Swindon Town have scored in 11 games running
  • 73% of Swindon Town’s matches go over 2.5 goals
  • Both teams scored in 4 of the last 5 meetings

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Town
LLWL
Rotherham
WDDWL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Swindon Town vs Rotherham — Match Preview

Swindon Town face Rotherham on October 31, 2026 in this League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Swindon Town host Rotherham at County Ground.

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