Probably Football

Matches

La Liga (Spain)

Elche vs Valencia

  1. Elche46%
  2. Draw29%
  3. Valencia25%

1.48 expected goals for Elche

1.09 expected goals for Valencia

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

In short

Elche has the edge (46%), but not by much: a draw is at 29% and a Valencia win at 25%. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Valencia defence, which lets in 41% fewer goals than an average team. Next comes the Elche defence, which lets in 40% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 2.6 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 46% chance, and both teams scoring, 52%. 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.

Elche

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Elche attack+65%
  3. Valencia defence−41%

Expected goals1.48

Valencia

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Valencia attack+34%
  2. Elche defence−40%

Expected goals1.09

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 goals92%
  2. Over 1.5 goals73%
  3. Over 2.5 goals46%
  4. Over 3.5 goals26%
  5. Over 4.5 goals12%

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

5.1 for Elche and 4.2 for Valencia

  1. Over 8.5 corners55%
  2. Over 9.5 corners44%
  3. Over 10.5 corners35%

Cards

4.6 expected

2.0 for Elche and 2.5 for Valencia

  1. Over 3.5 cards67%
  2. Over 4.5 cards48%
  3. Over 5.5 cards31%

Shots

27.3 expected

14.9 for Elche and 12.4 for Valencia

  1. Over 20.5 shots83%
  2. Over 22.5 shots74%
  3. Over 24.5 shots63%

Fouls

24.9 expected

12.0 for Elche and 12.9 for Valencia

  1. Over 20.5 fouls78%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls66%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls51%

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