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Zvezda St. Petersburg vs Zenit Irkutsk — Second League - Group 2 2020

Zvezda St. Petersburg
Zvezda St. Petersburg
FT
2 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Zenit Irkutsk
Zenit Irkutsk
10/9/2020Second League - Group 2Second League - Group 2 · Group 2 - 10Stadion Nova Arena

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 6+ matches

Zvezda St. Petersburg56%
×Draw24%
Zenit Irkutsk21%
✓ 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.

Zvezda St. Petersburg
1.75
Zenit Irkutsk
0.97

Zvezda St. Petersburg creates 80% more chances

Season form · 90 home / 6 away

creates per match

Zvezda St. Petersburg
1.67
Zenit Irkutsk
0.50

allows per match

Zvezda St. Petersburg
1.44
Zenit Irkutsk
1.83

finishing

Zvezda St. Petersburg+0.00on par
Zenit Irkutsk+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, %

Zvezda St. Petersburg ↓

Zenit Irkutsk →
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%
2–32%
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

Zvezda St. Petersburg or draw
79%
Zvezda St. Petersburg or Zenit Irkutsk
76%
Draw or Zenit Irkutsk
44%

Winning margin

Zvezda St. Petersburg wins by 2+
31%
Zenit Irkutsk wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Zvezda St. Petersburg 1+ goals
83%
Zvezda St. Petersburg 2+ goals
52%
Zvezda St. Petersburg 3+ goals
25%
Zenit Irkutsk 1+ goals
62%
Zenit Irkutsk 2+ goals
25%
Zenit Irkutsk 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Zvezda St. Petersburg (draw refunded)
73%
Zenit Irkutsk (draw refunded)
27%

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

Zvezda St. Petersburg at home — creates 1.67, concedes 1.44 · 90 matches

Zenit Irkutsk away — creates 0.50, concedes 1.83 · 6 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Zvezda St. Petersburg attack 1.67 + Zenit Irkutsk defence 1.83 → ÷2 → 1.75

Zenit Irkutsk attack 0.50 + Zvezda St. Petersburg defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 0.97

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%?"

Zvezda St. Petersburg scores more
56%
level
24%
Zenit Irkutsk scores more
21%

Zvezda St. Petersburg 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 "Zvezda St. Petersburg 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

Match Recap: Zvezda St. Petersburg vs Zenit Irkutsk

Zvezda St. Petersburg beat Zenit Irkutsk 2-0 in Second League - Group 2 on October 9, 2020.

The match was played at Stadion Nova Arena in St. Petersburg.