TS Galaxy 1–0 Ajax Cape Town: Result & Stats

TS Galaxy

FT

1 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Ajax Cape Town

8/6/2023

Premier Soccer League · Round 1Mbombela Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

TS Galaxy45%

×Draw29%

Ajax Cape Town26%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

TS GalaxyExpected goals in this matchAjax Cape Town

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.

1.26

0.89

TS Galaxy

1.26

Ajax Cape Town

0.89

TS Galaxy creates 42% more chances

Season form · 89 home / 19 away

1.15

creates per match

0.84

0.93

allows per match

1.37

creates per match

TS Galaxy

1.15

Ajax Cape Town

0.84

allows per match

TS Galaxy

0.93

Ajax Cape Town

1.37

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

TS Galaxy+0.00on par

Ajax Cape Town+0.00on par

Total goals

Under64
Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No58
Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

TS Galaxy ↓

Ajax Cape Town →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–012%

0–110%

0–25%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–015%

1–113%

1–26%

1–32%

1–40%

2

2–09%

2–18%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–13%

3–22%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

88%12%1.5

63%37%2.5

36%64%3.5

17%83%4.5

7%93%

Double chance

TS Galaxy or draw

74%

TS Galaxy or Ajax Cape Town

71%

Draw or Ajax Cape Town

55%

Winning margin

TS Galaxy wins by 2+

20%

Ajax Cape Town wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

TS Galaxy 1+ goals

72%

TS Galaxy 2+ goals

36%

TS Galaxy 3+ goals

13%

Ajax Cape Town 1+ goals

59%

Ajax Cape Town 2+ goals

22%

Ajax Cape Town 3+ goals

6%

Draw no bet

TS Galaxy (draw refunded)

63%

Ajax Cape Town (draw refunded)

37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

29%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

TS Galaxy at home — creates 1.15, concedes 0.93 · 89 matches

Ajax Cape Town away — creates 0.84, 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

TS Galaxy attack 1.15 + Ajax Cape Town defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.26

Ajax Cape Town attack 0.84 + TS Galaxy defence 0.93 → ÷2 → 0.89

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 45%?"

TS Galaxy scores more

45%

level

29%

Ajax Cape Town scores more

26%

TS Galaxy at 45% 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 45% does not mean "TS Galaxy 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