Yokohama FC vs JEF United Chiba — J2 League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 88+ matches
Yokohama FC44%
JEF United Chiba30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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.
Yokohama FC creates 27% more chances
Season form · 88 home / 165 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under53
- Over47
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Yokohama FC ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Yokohama FC at home — creates 1.68, concedes 1.02 · 88 matches
JEF United Chiba away — creates 1.23, concedes 1.21 · 165 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Yokohama FC attack 1.68 + JEF United Chiba defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.44
JEF United Chiba attack 1.23 + Yokohama FC defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 1.13
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%?"
Yokohama FC 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 "Yokohama FC 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
Head to Head
Matsumoto Yamaga
Oita TrinitaYokohama FC
Machida Zelvia
Omiya Ardija
Tokyo Verdy
Avispa Fukuoka
Renofa Yamaguchi
Ventforet Kofu
Mito Hollyhock
Tokushima Vortis
Montedio Yamagata
KanazawaJEF United Chiba
Fagiano Okayama
Albirex Niigata
Tochigi SC
Ehime FC
Kyoto Sanga
FC Gifu
Roasso Kumamoto
Kamatamare SanukiIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Yokohama FC host JEF United Chiba on Sunday, 17 July 2022 at 09:00. The match is part of the J2 League 2018/2019 season.
Yokohama FC 4 – 0 JEF United Chiba
Yokohama FC beat JEF United Chiba 4-0 in J2 League on July 17, 2022.
The match was played at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in Yokohama.