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Match report · Liga Portugal

Marítimo 0:3 Benfica

Marítimo Home 0.12 xG · 6 shots
Benfica Away 1.31 xG · 11 shots
03 The scoreline reflected the chances

Benfica were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 55%. They won 3–0. The biggest difference was Marítimo's attack: 0.12 xG against 1.00 projected (−0.88). Benfica produced 1.31 xG against 1.79 projected (−0.48).

Goals

  1. 7' Leandro Barreiro Benfica · 0.13 xG chance 0–1
  2. 71' Leandro Barreiro Benfica · 0.55 xG chance 0–2
  3. 82' Gianluca Prestianni Benfica · 0.03 xG chance 0–3

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Marítimo
18%
Draw
27%
Benfica
55% What happened

Data coverage One of these teams has only 4 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Marítimo The model projected 1.00 Produced 0.12 Difference -0.88
Benfica The model projected 1.79 Produced 1.31 Difference -0.48

Marítimo produced 0.88 xG less than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Marítimo Benfica
Shots
6
11
On target
1
6
Inside the box
3
9
xG per shot
0.02
0.11
Open play xG
0.01
0.47
Set-piece xG
0.11
0.79
Penalties
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.30 for Benfica.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Benfica · Leandro Barreiro · 71' · Goal · 2 m · 0.55 xG Benfica · João Palhinha · 5' · No goal · 4 m · 0.13 xG Benfica · Leandro Barreiro · 7' · Goal · 14 m · 0.13 xG Benfica · Jakub Kamiński · 20' · No goal · 4 m · 0.12 xG Benfica · Vangelis Pavlidis · 17' · No goal · 20 m · 0.09 xG Benfica · Vangelis Pavlidis · 76' · No goal · 8 m · 0.08 xG Benfica · Gianluca Prestianni · 7' · No goal · 16 m · 0.04 xG Marítimo · Martín Tejón · 51' · No goal · 13 m · 0.04 xG Benfica · João Palhinha · 10' · No goal · 10 m · 0.03 xG Benfica · João Palhinha · 12' · No goal · 28 m · 0.03 xG Benfica · Gianluca Prestianni · 26' · No goal · 8 m · 0.03 xG Benfica · Gianluca Prestianni · 82' · Goal · 15 m · 0.03 xG Marítimo · Martín Tejón · 33' · No goal · 23 m · 0.02 xG Marítimo · Adrián Butzke · 52' · No goal · 7 m · 0.02 xG Marítimo · Rafael Fernandes · 78' · No goal · 11 m · 0.02 xG Marítimo · Romain Correia · 33' · No goal · 32 m · 0.01 xG Marítimo · Nilton Varela · 84' · No goal · 31 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

17 shots · 1.38 xG

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  • Marítimo
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  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Marítimo

1.21 xG created 1.18 xGA

  • W 1.28 created, 0.64 conceded against Casa Pia
  • W 1.61 created, 0.59 conceded against Famalicão
  • D 1.28 created, 1.84 conceded against Académico Viseu FC
  • L 0.67 created, 1.65 conceded against FC Arouca
Benfica

2.86 xG created 0.82 xGA

  • D 1.55 created, 1.53 conceded against Famalicão
  • D 3.19 created, 0.21 conceded against Sporting Braga
  • W 4.22 created, 1.52 conceded against Estoril Praia
  • D 3.11 created, 1.18 conceded against Académico Viseu FC
  • W 3.04 created, 0.12 conceded against Casa Pia
  • W 2.03 created, 0.36 conceded against Estoril Praia

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Pre-match model & market record

9 opportunities flagged0 won9 lost

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The outcomes the model flagged on Marítimo against Benfica before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Marítimo to win 15.00 +168.6% Lost
Draw 6.25 +67.2% Lost
Benfica at most 1 goal 3.25 +44.7% Lost
Marítimo 2+ goals 5.50 +44.6% Lost
Benfica not to score 10.00 +43.2% Lost
Both teams to score 2.10 +21.9% Lost
Marítimo to score 1.83 +20.9% Lost
Under 2.5 goals 2.50 +14.0% Lost
Under 1.5 goals 5.50 +6.0% Lost

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Marítimo 17.9% 6.3% +11.6 pp 5.59
Draw 26.8% 15.1% +11.7 pp 3.74
Benfica 55.3% 78.6% −23.3 pp 1.81

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Marítimo to score 66.0% 50.0% +16.0 pp 1.52
Marítimo not to score 34.0% 50.0% −16.0 pp 2.94
Benfica to score 85.7% 90.4% −4.7 pp 1.17
Benfica not to score 14.3% 9.6% +4.7 pp 6.99
Both teams to score 58.1% 44.3% +13.8 pp 1.72
Both teams not to score 41.9% 55.7% −13.8 pp 2.38
Marítimo 2+ goals 26.3% 17.2% +9.1 pp 3.80
Marítimo at most 1 goal 73.7% 82.8% −9.1 pp 1.36
Benfica 2+ goals 55.5% 70.9% −15.4 pp 1.80
Benfica at most 1 goal 44.5% 29.1% +15.4 pp 2.25
Over 1.5 goals 80.7% 82.8% −2.1 pp 1.24
Under 1.5 goals 19.3% 17.2% +2.1 pp 5.19
Over 2.5 goals 54.4% 62.5% −8.1 pp 1.84
Under 2.5 goals 45.6% 37.5% +8.1 pp 2.19

Prices and probabilities are the ones stored before kick-off; nothing here is recalculated. Edge is the model's probability times the price, minus one, so a flagged outcome that lost is the ordinary case rather than a contradiction.

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Marítimo sample
4 matches
Benfica sample
20 matches
Computed
3 hours before kick-off
Prices taken
4 hours before kick-off

Warnings

  • Marítimo has only 4 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.