Probably Football

Matches

La Liga (Spain)

Barcelona vs Alaves

  1. Barcelona88%
  2. Draw8%
  3. Alaves4%

3.49 expected goals for Barcelona

0.99 expected goals for Alaves

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

In short

The model makes Barcelona the clear favourite: 88% to win. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Barcelona attack, which scores 306% more goals than an average team. Next comes the Barcelona defence, which lets in 54% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 4.5 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 73% chance, and both teams scoring, 58%. And about 8.7 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.

Barcelona

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Barcelona attack+306%
  3. Alaves defence−43%

Expected goals3.49

Alaves

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Alaves attack+58%
  2. Barcelona defence−54%

Expected goals0.99

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 goals99%
  2. Over 1.5 goals94%
  3. Over 2.5 goals73%
  4. Over 3.5 goals65%
  5. Over 4.5 goals46%

Corners, cards and more

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

Corners

8.7 expected

5.4 for Barcelona and 3.3 for Alaves

  1. Over 8.5 corners48%
  2. Over 9.5 corners38%
  3. Over 10.5 corners28%

Cards

3.7 expected

1.6 for Barcelona and 2.1 for Alaves

  1. Over 3.5 cards51%
  2. Over 4.5 cards31%
  3. Over 5.5 cards17%

Shots

29.5 expected

20.6 for Barcelona and 8.8 for Alaves

  1. Over 20.5 shots87%
  2. Over 22.5 shots80%
  3. Over 24.5 shots70%

Fouls

23.7 expected

11.8 for Barcelona and 11.9 for Alaves

  1. Over 20.5 fouls72%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls57%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls42%

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