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The Town vs North TexasMLS Next Pro 2022

The Town
The Town
FT
10
HT: 00
North Texas
North Texas
E. Blancas 84'
5/13/2024MLS Next ProMLS Next Pro · Round 12PayPal Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

The Town54%
×Draw23%
North Texas24%
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.

The Town
1.88
North Texas
1.17

The Town creates 61% more chances

Season form · 46 home / 50 away

creates per match

The Town
2.22
North Texas
1.36

allows per match

The Town
0.98
North Texas
1.54

finishing

The Town+0.00on par
North Texas+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Over
  • Over59
  • Under41

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

The Town

North Texas
0
1
2
3
4
0
005%
016%
023%
031%
040%
1
109%
1110%
126%
132%
141%
2
208%
2110%
226%
232%
241%
3
305%
316%
324%
331%
340%
4
402%
413%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
81%19%2.5
59%41%3.5
36%64%4.5
19%81%

Double chance

The Town or draw
76%
The Town or North Texas
77%
Draw or North Texas
46%

Winning margin

The Town wins by 2+
31%
North Texas wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

The Town 1+ goals
85%
The Town 2+ goals
56%
The Town 3+ goals
29%
North Texas 1+ goals
69%
North Texas 2+ goals
33%
North Texas 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

The Town (draw refunded)
70%
North Texas (draw refunded)
30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
48%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

The Town at homecreates 2.22, concedes 0.98 · 46 matches

North Texas awaycreates 1.36, concedes 1.54 · 50 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

The Town attack 2.22 + North Texas defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.88

North Texas attack 1.36 + The Town defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.17

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 54%?"

The Town scores more
54%
level
23%
North Texas scores more
24%

The Town at 54% 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 54% does not mean "The 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.

The
North
D. de Geer
Manager: D. de Geer
68'J. DonneryR. Lynch
90'A. CanoO. Verhoeven
90+1'J. SpiveyA. Chow

The Town substitutes

J. Gall
Manager: J. Gall
68'N. MendoncaT. Pondeca
73'A. RamirezPedrinho
81'M. WestergrenM. Molina

North Texas substitutes

MLS Next Pro: The Town 1–0 North Texas

The Town beat North Texas 1-0 in MLS Next Pro on May 13, 2024.

Goals: E. Blancas (84').

The match was played at PayPal Park in San Jose, California.