Volgar Astrakhan vs FK Sokol Saratov — First League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 54+ matches
Volgar Astrakhan44%
FK Sokol Saratov27%✓ Correct in 50 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: 50.2% correct across 582,215 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Volgar Astrakhan creates 38% more chances
Season form · 77 home / 54 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under63
- Over37
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No57
- Yes43
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Volgar Astrakhan ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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
Volgar Astrakhan at home — creates 1.01, concedes 1.09 · 77 matches
FK Sokol Saratov away — creates 0.74, concedes 1.52 · 54 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Volgar Astrakhan attack 1.01 + FK Sokol Saratov defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.27
FK Sokol Saratov attack 0.74 + Volgar Astrakhan defence 1.09 → ÷2 → 0.92
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 44%?"
Volgar Astrakhan at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Volgar Astrakhan 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.
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Volgar Astrakhan host FK Sokol Saratov on Saturday, 16 July 2016 at 15:00. The match is part of the First League 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Volgar Astrakhan vs FK Sokol Saratov
Volgar Astrakhan beat FK Sokol Saratov 2-1 in First League on July 16, 2016.
Goals: A. Radchenko (15' o.g.), A. Sutormin (17'), A. Skvortsov (57').
The match was played at Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom (Astrakhan').