Probably Football

Matches

League Cup (Scotland)

Saturday 31 October, 10:00

Rangers vs Aberdeen

  1. Rangers75%
  2. Draw14%
  3. Aberdeen11%

2.16 expected goals for Rangers

0.86 expected goals for Aberdeen

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

In short

The model makes Rangers the clear favourite: 75% to win. The biggest factor in these numbers is the Rangers attack, which scores 115% more goals than an average team. Next comes the Rangers defence, which lets in 48% fewer goals than an average team. It expects 3.0 goals in total: over 2.5 goals has a 58% chance, and both teams scoring, 45%. And about 10.7 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.

Rangers

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Playing at home+11%
  2. Rangers attack+115%
  3. Aberdeen defence−33%

Expected goals2.16

Aberdeen

An average team scores 1.36 against an average team

  1. Aberdeen attack+21%
  2. Rangers defence−48%

Expected goals0.86

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 goals81%
  3. Over 2.5 goals58%
  4. Over 3.5 goals36%
  5. Over 4.5 goals19%

Corners, cards and more

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

Corners

10.7 expected

5.9 for Rangers and 4.8 for Aberdeen

  1. Over 8.5 corners68%
  2. Over 9.5 corners58%
  3. Over 10.5 corners48%

Cards

3.8 expected

1.6 for Rangers and 2.2 for Aberdeen

  1. Over 3.5 cards52%
  2. Over 4.5 cards33%
  3. Over 5.5 cards18%

Shots

27.4 expected

16.4 for Rangers and 11.0 for Aberdeen

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

Fouls

24.2 expected

12.0 for Rangers and 12.2 for Aberdeen

  1. Over 20.5 fouls75%
  2. Over 22.5 fouls61%
  3. Over 24.5 fouls46%

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