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Ural vs Anzhi — Premier League 2018

Ural
Ural
FT
0 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Anzhi
Anzhi
7/28/2018Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 1Central Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 15+ matches

Ural51%
×Draw27%
Anzhi22%
✓ 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.

Ural
1.40
Anzhi
0.82

Ural creates 71% more chances

Season form · 93 home / 15 away

creates per match

Ural
1.12
Anzhi
0.33

allows per match

Ural
1.31
Anzhi
1.67

finishing

Ural+0.00on par
Anzhi+0.00on par

Total goals

62%Under
  • Under62
  • Over38

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

58%No
  • No58
  • Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Ural ↓

Anzhi →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–19%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–015%
1–112%
1–25%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–011%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–14%
3–22%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
65%35%2.5
38%62%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Ural or draw
78%
Ural or Anzhi
73%
Draw or Anzhi
49%

Winning margin

Ural wins by 2+
25%
Anzhi wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Ural 1+ goals
75%
Ural 2+ goals
41%
Ural 3+ goals
17%
Anzhi 1+ goals
56%
Anzhi 2+ goals
20%
Anzhi 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Ural (draw refunded)
70%
Anzhi (draw refunded)
30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Ural at home — creates 1.12, concedes 1.31 · 93 matches

Anzhi away — creates 0.33, concedes 1.67 · 15 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Ural attack 1.12 + Anzhi defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.40

Anzhi attack 0.33 + Ural defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 0.82

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 51%?"

Ural scores more
51%
level
27%
Anzhi scores more
22%

Ural at 51% 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 51% does not mean "Ural 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: Ural vs Anzhi

Anzhi beat Ural 1-0 in Premier League on July 28, 2018.

The match was played at Central Stadium in Yekaterinburg.