Veles vs FK Neftekhimik — First League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 57+ matches
Veles39%
FK Neftekhimik34%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 57 home / 122 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Veles ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Veles at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.25 · 57 matches
FK Neftekhimik away — creates 1.11, concedes 1.17 · 122 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Veles attack 1.40 + FK Neftekhimik defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.28
FK Neftekhimik attack 1.11 + Veles defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.18
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 39%?"
Veles at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Veles 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
Veles substitutes
Rotor Volgograd
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Torpedo MoskvaFK Neftekhimik
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TOM Tomsk
Chayka
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Enisey
Krasnodar 2
Luch-Energiya
Spartak Moscow 2
Tekstilshchik
Fakel Voronezh
Mordovia SaranskIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Veles host FK Neftekhimik on Sunday, 12 March 2023 at 11:00. The match is part of the First League 2018/2019 season.
First League: Veles 4–1 FK Neftekhimik
Veles beat FK Neftekhimik 4-1 in First League on March 12, 2023.
Goals: K. Bazelyuk (9'), A. Batsuev (22'), G. Sarkisyan (28', 54'), N. Kalugin (32' o.g.).
The match was played at Stadion Avangard in Domodedovo.