Friday, 09/10/2026 at 20:45
5d 21h to kick-offShelbourne – Sligo Rovers
Model updated 3 October, 21:30 Best odds updated 1 October, 10:23
What the model expects
- Shelbourne
- 62%
- Draw
- 24%
- Sligo Rovers
- 14%
| Shelbourne | Draw | Sligo Rovers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 1.62 | 4.16 | 7.05 |
- Total goals
- 2.98
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%
- Both teams to score
- 59%
Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.
Model vs market
The model sees an edge in 3 outcomes.
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Shelbourne
- Model
- 61.8%
- Market, margin removed
- 65.9%
- Probability gap
- −4.1 pp
- Edge
- −14.7%
- Fair odds
- 1.62
- Market odds
- 1.38 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 1.70
- Bookmaker margin
- 10.0%
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Draw
- Model
- 24.0%
- Market, margin removed
- 22.7%
- Probability gap
- +1.3 pp
- Edge
- −3.9%
- Fair odds
- 4.16
- Market odds
- 4.00 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 4.37
- Bookmaker margin
- 10.0%
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Sligo Rovers
- Model
- 14.2%
- Market, margin removed
- 11.4%
- Probability gap
- +2.8 pp
- Edge
- +13.4%
- Fair odds
- 7.05
- Market odds
- 8.00 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 7.41
- Bookmaker margin
- 10.0%
Outcomes with value
Sligo Rovers to win
Measured model skill on this market: +7.20%.
Both teams to score
No measured model skill on this market (-0.43%).
Over 1.5 goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).
Best opportunity
Sligo Rovers to win
Model 14.2% vs. bookmaker 11.4%, margin removed.
Match result
Measured model skill on this market: +7.20%.
Goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).
Both teams to score
No measured model skill on this market (-0.43%).
Goals by team
Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →
Why the model leans Shelbourne
62% Shelbourne to win
- Attack
- 6th vs 10th
- Shelbourne attack v Sligo Rovers defence
- Defence
- 5th vs 10th
- Shelbourne defence v Sligo Rovers attack
- Recent xG form
- +0.12 vs -1.19
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 2.02 – 0.96
- Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Shelbourne | Sligo Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | (better) 1.40 · 5th | 1.03 · 10th |
| xGA / match | (better) 1.20 · 5th | 1.88 · 10th |
| xGD / match | (better) +0.20 · 4th | -0.85 · 10th |
| xPts / match | (better) 1.48 · 4th | 0.87 · 10th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | (better) +0.12 | -1.19 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.
- Shelbourne clean sheet
- 35%
- Shelbourne 2+ goals
- 62%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 41%
- Both teams to score: no
- 41%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 12.1%
- 2:1
- 11.8%
- 2:0
- 10.3%
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How value is calculated
Value is probability × odds − 1 — it pays on average and over the long run, not necessarily in this match. The model knows nothing of absences, motivation or the schedule.
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Model details
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- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Shelbourne sample
- 20 matches
- Sligo Rovers sample
- 20 matches
- Home xG sample · Shelbourne
- 16 matches
- Away xG sample · Sligo Rovers
- 16 matches
- Computed
- Saturday, 03/10/2026 at 21:30
- Odds updated
- 2 days ago · over a day old
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.