West Brom 0–5 Manchester City: Result & Stats

West Brom

FT

0 – 5

HT: 0 – 4

Manchester City

1/26/2021

Premier League · Round 20The Hawthorns

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 94+ matches

West Brom23%

×Draw24%

Manchester City54%

✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

48.6%

Always home

43.8%

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.

West BromExpected goals in this matchManchester City

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.

1.05

1.75

West Brom

1.05

Manchester City

1.75

Manchester City creates 67% more chances

Season form · 94 home / 199 away

1.15

creates per match

1.99

1.50

allows per match

0.95

creates per match

West Brom

1.15

Manchester City

1.99

allows per match

West Brom

1.50

Manchester City

0.95

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

West Brom+0.00on par

Manchester City+0.00on par

Total goals

Over53
Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes54
No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

West Brom ↓

Manchester City →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–06%

0–111%

0–29%

0–35%

0–42%

1

1–06%

1–111%

1–210%

1–36%

1–43%

2

2–03%

2–16%

2–25%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–01%

3–12%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–00%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 0–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

94%6%1.5

77%23%2.5

53%47%3.5

31%69%4.5

15%85%

Double chance

West Brom or draw

46%

West Brom or Manchester City

76%

Draw or Manchester City

77%

Winning margin

West Brom wins by 2+

8%

Manchester City wins by 2+

30%

Team goals

West Brom 1+ goals

65%

West Brom 2+ goals

28%

West Brom 3+ goals

9%

Manchester City 1+ goals

83%

Manchester City 2+ goals

52%

Manchester City 3+ goals

25%

Draw no bet

West Brom (draw refunded)

30%

Manchester City (draw refunded)

70%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

42%

Both score & under 3

11%

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

West Brom at home — creates 1.15, concedes 1.50 · 94 matches

Manchester City away — creates 1.99, concedes 0.95 · 199 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

West Brom attack 1.15 + Manchester City defence 0.95 → ÷2 → 1.05

Manchester City attack 1.99 + West Brom defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.75

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 54%?"

West Brom scores more

23%

level

24%

Manchester City scores more

54%

Manchester City at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Manchester City 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