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Vipers vs Wakiso GiantsPremier League 2019

10/22/2021Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 2St. Mary's Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 84+ matches

Vipers63%
×Draw23%
Wakiso Giants13%
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.

Vipers
1.70
Wakiso Giants
0.63

Vipers creates 170% more chances

Season form · 99 home / 84 away

creates per match

Vipers
2.05
Wakiso Giants
0.76

allows per match

Vipers
0.49
Wakiso Giants
1.35

finishing

Vipers+0.00on par
Wakiso Giants+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

62%No
  • No62
  • Yes38

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Vipers

Wakiso Giants
0
1
2
3
4
0
0010%
016%
022%
030%
040%
1
1017%
1110%
123%
131%
140%
2
2014%
219%
223%
231%
240%
3
308%
315%
322%
330%
340%
4
403%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
41%59%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Vipers or draw
87%
Vipers or Wakiso Giants
77%
Draw or Wakiso Giants
37%

Winning margin

Vipers wins by 2+
36%
Wakiso Giants wins by 2+
3%

Team goals

Vipers 1+ goals
82%
Vipers 2+ goals
51%
Vipers 3+ goals
24%
Wakiso Giants 1+ goals
47%
Wakiso Giants 2+ goals
13%
Wakiso Giants 3+ goals
3%

Draw no bet

Vipers (draw refunded)
83%
Wakiso Giants (draw refunded)
17%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
28%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Vipers at homecreates 2.05, concedes 0.49 · 99 matches

Wakiso Giants awaycreates 0.76, concedes 1.35 · 84 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Vipers attack 2.05 + Wakiso Giants defence 1.35 → ÷2 → 1.70

Wakiso Giants attack 0.76 + Vipers defence 0.49 → ÷2 → 0.63

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 63%?"

Vipers scores more
63%
level
23%
Wakiso Giants scores more
13%

Vipers at 63% 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 63% does not mean "Vipers 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: Vipers vs Wakiso Giants

Vipers beat Wakiso Giants 5-0 in Premier League on October 22, 2021.

The match was played at St. Mary's Stadium in Kitende.