Probably Football

Matches

Championship (England)

Blackburn vs Stoke City

  1. Blackburn39%
  2. Draw27%
  3. Stoke City34%

1.17 expected goals for Blackburn

1.15 expected goals for Stoke City

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

In short

A very open match: no result goes above 39%. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Stoke City defence, which lets in 23% fewer goals than an average team. Next comes the Blackburn defence, which lets in 18% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 2.3 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 45% chance, and both teams scoring, 50%. And about 11.2 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.

Blackburn

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Blackburn attack0%
  3. Stoke City defence−23%

Expected goals1.16

Stoke City

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Stoke City attack+3%
  2. Blackburn defence−18%

Expected goals1.15

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 goals89%
  2. Over 1.5 goals68%
  3. Over 2.5 goals45%
  4. Over 3.5 goals20%
  5. Over 4.5 goals9%

Corners, cards and more

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

Corners

11.2 expected

5.9 for Blackburn and 5.3 for Stoke City

  1. Over 8.5 corners72%
  2. Over 9.5 corners63%
  3. Over 10.5 corners53%

Cards

3.9 expected

1.7 for Blackburn and 2.1 for Stoke City

  1. Over 3.5 cards54%
  2. Over 4.5 cards35%
  3. Over 5.5 cards20%

Shots

27.9 expected

14.3 for Blackburn and 13.7 for Stoke City

  1. Over 20.5 shots85%
  2. Over 22.5 shots76%
  3. Over 24.5 shots66%

Fouls

21.8 expected

11.3 for Blackburn and 10.5 for Stoke City

  1. Over 20.5 fouls58%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls43%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls28%

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