Probably Football

Matches

Premier League (Russia)

Saturday 31 October, 11:00

Baltika vs Akron

  1. Baltika60%
  2. Draw24%
  3. Akron16%

1.68 expected goals for Baltika

0.74 expected goals for Akron

Goal probabilities corrected with this league's own past results.

In short

The model makes Baltika the clear favourite: 60% to win. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Baltika defence, which lets in 54% fewer goals than an average team. Next comes the Baltika attack, which scores 20% more goals than an average team. It expects 2.4 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 48% chance, and both teams scoring, 48%. And about 9.9 corners.

Why?

The model starts from the goals of an average team. Then it moves them up or down for what is different in this match.

Baltika

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Baltika attack+20%
  3. Akron defence−7%

Expected goals1.68

Akron

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Akron attack+19%
  2. Baltika defence−54%

Expected goals0.74

Attack and defence are measured against every team each side has played, taking into account how strong each opponent was.

Goals

  1. Over 0.5 goals91%
  2. Over 1.5 goals70%
  3. Over 2.5 goals48%
  4. Over 3.5 goals23%
  5. Over 4.5 goals10%

Corners, cards and more

These numbers do not get the league correction yet. Trust them a little less than the goal numbers.

Corners

9.9 expected

5.5 for Baltika and 4.5 for Akron

  1. Over 8.5 corners61%
  2. Over 9.5 corners50%
  3. Over 10.5 corners40%

Cards

4.4 expected

2.0 for Baltika and 2.4 for Akron

  1. Over 3.5 cards64%
  2. Over 4.5 cards44%
  3. Over 5.5 cards28%

Shots

23.2 expected

12.7 for Baltika and 10.5 for Akron

  1. Over 20.5 shots64%
  2. Over 22.5 shots52%
  3. Over 24.5 shots39%

Fouls

26.3 expected

14.2 for Baltika and 12.0 for Akron

  1. Over 20.5 fouls85%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls74%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls61%

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