Probably Football

Matches

Championship (England)

Watford vs Lincoln

  1. Watford25%
  2. Draw23%
  3. Lincoln52%

1.01 expected goals for Watford

2.09 expected goals for Lincoln

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

In short

Lincoln has the edge (52%), but not by much: a draw is at 23% and a Watford win at 25%. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Lincoln attack, which scores 38% more goals than an average team. Next comes the Watford attack, which scores 18% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 3.1 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 52% chance, and both teams scoring, 53%. And about 9.3 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.

Watford

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Watford attack−18%
  3. Lincoln defence−18%

Expected goals1.01

Lincoln

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Lincoln attack+38%
  2. Watford defence+12%

Expected goals2.09

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 goals95%
  2. Over 1.5 goals82%
  3. Over 2.5 goals52%
  4. Over 3.5 goals38%
  5. Over 4.5 goals20%

Corners, cards and more

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

Corners

9.3 expected

5.3 for Watford and 4.0 for Lincoln

  1. Over 8.5 corners55%
  2. Over 9.5 corners44%
  3. Over 10.5 corners34%

Cards

5.2 expected

2.8 for Watford and 2.4 for Lincoln

  1. Over 3.5 cards76%
  2. Over 4.5 cards59%
  3. Over 5.5 cards42%

Shots

28.4 expected

14.7 for Watford and 13.7 for Lincoln

  1. Over 20.5 shots86%
  2. Over 22.5 shots78%
  3. Over 24.5 shots68%

Fouls

24.1 expected

11.9 for Watford and 12.2 for Lincoln

  1. Over 20.5 fouls74%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls61%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls46%

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