Watanga 1–0 Cece United: Result & Stats

Watanga

FT

1 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Cece United

2/3/2024

LFA First Division · Round 16Samuel Kanyon Doe Practice Pitch

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 26+ matches

Watanga53%

×Draw22%

Cece United25%

✓ 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.

WatangaExpected goals in this matchCece United

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.

1.96

1.27

Watanga

1.96

Cece United

1.27

Watanga creates 54% more chances

Season form · 75 home / 26 away

1.95

creates per match

1.58

0.97

allows per match

1.96

creates per match

Watanga

1.95

Cece United

1.58

allows per match

Watanga

0.97

Cece United

1.96

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Watanga+0.00on par

Cece United+0.00on par

Total goals

Over62
Under38

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes62
No38

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Watanga ↓

Cece United →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–15%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–08%

1–110%

1–26%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–110%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–05%

3–16%

3–24%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–02%

4–13%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

83%17%2.5

62%38%3.5

40%60%4.5

22%78%

Double chance

Watanga or draw

75%

Watanga or Cece United

78%

Draw or Cece United

47%

Winning margin

Watanga wins by 2+

31%

Cece United wins by 2+

10%

Team goals

Watanga 1+ goals

86%

Watanga 2+ goals

58%

Watanga 3+ goals

31%

Cece United 1+ goals

72%

Cece United 2+ goals

36%

Cece United 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Watanga (draw refunded)

68%

Cece United (draw refunded)

32%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

52%

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

Watanga at home — creates 1.95, concedes 0.97 · 75 matches

Cece United away — creates 1.58, concedes 1.96 · 26 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Watanga attack 1.95 + Cece United defence 1.96 → ÷2 → 1.96

Cece United attack 1.58 + Watanga defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 1.27

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 53%?"

Watanga scores more

53%

level

22%

Cece United scores more

25%

Watanga at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Watanga 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