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Vardar Skopje vs RenovaFirst League 2019

Vardar Skopje
Vardar Skopje
FT
20
HT: 10
Renova
Renova
11/3/2019First LeagueFirst League · Round 13Toše Proeski Arena

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

Vardar Skopje49%
×Draw25%
Renova26%
Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.6%
Always home
44.7%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.

Vardar Skopje
1.60
Renova
1.10

Vardar Skopje creates 45% more chances

Season form · 83 home / 46 away

creates per match

Vardar Skopje
1.71
Renova
1.15

allows per match

Vardar Skopje
1.06
Renova
1.50

finishing

Vardar Skopje+0.00on par
Renova+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Vardar Skopje

Renova
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
017%
024%
031%
040%
1
1011%
1112%
127%
132%
141%
2
209%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
305%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
28%72%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Vardar Skopje or draw
74%
Vardar Skopje or Renova
75%
Draw or Renova
51%

Winning margin

Vardar Skopje wins by 2+
25%
Renova wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Vardar Skopje 1+ goals
80%
Vardar Skopje 2+ goals
47%
Vardar Skopje 3+ goals
22%
Renova 1+ goals
67%
Renova 2+ goals
30%
Renova 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Vardar Skopje (draw refunded)
65%
Renova (draw refunded)
35%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
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

Vardar Skopje at homecreates 1.71, concedes 1.06 · 83 matches

Renova awaycreates 1.15, concedes 1.50 · 46 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Vardar Skopje attack 1.71 + Renova defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.60

Renova attack 1.15 + Vardar Skopje defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.10

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 49%?"

Vardar Skopje scores more
49%
level
25%
Renova scores more
26%

Vardar Skopje at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Vardar Skopje 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.

Vardar
Renova
A. Vasoski
Manager: A. Vasoski
79'D. VelkovskiJuninho
90+2'L. IgnatovM. Cvetanoski
90+2'B. DimoskiJ. Popzlatanov

Vardar Skopje substitutes

B. Islami
Manager: B. Islami
70'A. SefoB. Miovski
86'A. VeliuB. Velija

Renova substitutes

First League: Vardar Skopje 2–0 Renova

Vardar Skopje beat Renova 2-0 in First League on November 3, 2019.

Goals: D. Avramovski (20'), J. Popzlatanov (90').

The match was played at Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje.