Tamale City 1–0 Karela: Result & Stats

Tamale City

FT

1 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Karela

I. Mensah 79'

2/19/2023

Premier League · Round 18Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 17+ matches

Tamale City56%

×Draw25%

Karela18%

✓ 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.

Tamale CityExpected goals in this matchKarela

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.

1.56

0.77

Tamale City

1.56

Karela

0.77

Tamale City creates 103% more chances

Season form · 17 home / 110 away

1.82

creates per match

0.60

0.94

allows per match

1.31

creates per match

Tamale City

1.82

Karela

0.60

allows per match

Tamale City

0.94

Karela

1.31

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Tamale City+0.00on par

Karela+0.00on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No58
Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Tamale City ↓

Karela →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–18%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–015%

1–112%

1–25%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–012%

2–19%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–06%

3–15%

3–22%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

68%32%2.5

41%59%3.5

21%79%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Tamale City or draw

82%

Tamale City or Karela

75%

Draw or Karela

44%

Winning margin

Tamale City wins by 2+

30%

Karela wins by 2+

5%

Team goals

Tamale City 1+ goals

79%

Tamale City 2+ goals

46%

Tamale City 3+ goals

21%

Karela 1+ goals

54%

Karela 2+ goals

18%

Karela 3+ goals

4%

Draw no bet

Tamale City (draw refunded)

75%

Karela (draw refunded)

25%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

31%

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

Tamale City at home — creates 1.82, concedes 0.94 · 17 matches

Karela away — creates 0.60, concedes 1.31 · 110 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Tamale City attack 1.82 + Karela defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.56

Karela attack 0.60 + Tamale City defence 0.94 → ÷2 → 0.77

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%?"

Tamale City scores more

56%

level

25%

Karela scores more

18%

Tamale City 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 "Tamale 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.

Match Events

79'

I. Mensah

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff