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Zenit Penza vs Balashikha — Second League - Group 3 2020

Zenit Penza
Zenit Penza
FT
3 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Balashikha
Balashikha
10/14/2022Second League - Group 3Second League - Group 3 · Group 3 - 16Stadion Soyuz

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 17+ matches

Zenit Penza56%
×Draw23%
Balashikha20%
✓ 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.

Zenit Penza
1.76
Balashikha
0.95

Zenit Penza creates 85% more chances

Season form · 77 home / 17 away

creates per match

Zenit Penza
1.27
Balashikha
0.47

allows per match

Zenit Penza
1.43
Balashikha
2.24

finishing

Zenit Penza+0.00on par
Balashikha+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Zenit Penza ↓

Balashikha →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–16%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–111%
1–25%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–010%
2–110%
2–25%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–16%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–13%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Zenit Penza or draw
80%
Zenit Penza or Balashikha
77%
Draw or Balashikha
44%

Winning margin

Zenit Penza wins by 2+
32%
Balashikha wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Zenit Penza 1+ goals
83%
Zenit Penza 2+ goals
52%
Zenit Penza 3+ goals
26%
Balashikha 1+ goals
61%
Balashikha 2+ goals
25%
Balashikha 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Zenit Penza (draw refunded)
74%
Balashikha (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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

Zenit Penza at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.43 · 77 matches

Balashikha away — creates 0.47, concedes 2.24 · 17 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Zenit Penza attack 1.27 + Balashikha defence 2.24 → ÷2 → 1.76

Balashikha attack 0.47 + Zenit Penza defence 1.43 → ÷2 → 0.95

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 56%?"

Zenit Penza scores more
56%
level
23%
Balashikha scores more
20%

Zenit Penza at 56% 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 56% does not mean "Zenit Penza 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

Second League - Group 3: Zenit Penza 3–0 Balashikha

Zenit Penza beat Balashikha 3-0 in Second League - Group 3 on October 14, 2022.

The match was played at Stadion Soyuz in Penza.