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Vietnam vs Malaysia — AFF Championship 2018

Vietnam
Vietnamadvanced
FT
1 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Malaysia
Malaysia
12/15/2018AFF ChampionshipAFF Championship · FinalSân vận động quốc gia Mỹ Đình

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 11+ matches

Vietnam69%
×Draw20%
Malaysia11%
✓ 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.

Vietnam
2.02
Malaysia
0.65

Vietnam creates 211% more chances

Season form · 15 home / 11 away

creates per match

Vietnam
2.40
Malaysia
0.82

allows per match

Vietnam
0.47
Malaysia
1.64

finishing

Vietnam+0.00on par
Malaysia+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

59%No
  • No59
  • Yes41

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Vietnam ↓

Malaysia →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–15%
0–21%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–19%
1–23%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–014%
2–19%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–010%
3–16%
3–22%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–05%
4–13%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Vietnam or draw
89%
Vietnam or Malaysia
80%
Draw or Malaysia
31%

Winning margin

Vietnam wins by 2+
44%
Malaysia wins by 2+
3%

Team goals

Vietnam 1+ goals
87%
Vietnam 2+ goals
60%
Vietnam 3+ goals
33%
Malaysia 1+ goals
48%
Malaysia 2+ goals
14%
Malaysia 3+ goals
3%

Draw no bet

Vietnam (draw refunded)
86%
Malaysia (draw refunded)
14%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
32%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Vietnam at home — creates 2.40, concedes 0.47 · 15 matches

Malaysia away — creates 0.82, concedes 1.64 · 11 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Vietnam attack 2.40 + Malaysia defence 1.64 → ÷2 → 2.02

Malaysia attack 0.82 + Vietnam defence 0.47 → ÷2 → 0.65

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 69%?"

Vietnam scores more
69%
level
20%
Malaysia scores more
11%

Vietnam at 69% 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 69% does not mean "Vietnam 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

AFF Championship: Vietnam 1–0 Malaysia

Vietnam beat Malaysia 1-0 in AFF Championship on December 15, 2018.

The match was played at Sân vận động quốc gia Mỹ Đình in Hanoi.