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Match report · Scottish Premiership

Dundee FC 2:1 Motherwell

Dundee FC Home 1.36 xG · 11 shots
Motherwell Away 1.10 xG · 15 shots
21 The scoreline reflected the chances

Motherwell were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 43%. Dundee FC won 2–1. The biggest difference was Motherwell's attack: 1.10 xG against 1.51 projected (−0.41).

Goals

  1. 23' Joe Westley (pen.) Dundee FC · 0.82 xG chance 1–0
  2. 40' Bradley Fink Dundee FC · 0.05 xG chance 2–0
  3. 45' Alex Lowry Motherwell · 0.39 xG chance 2–1

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Dundee FC
27% What happened
Draw
30%
Motherwell
43%

Data coverage Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Dundee FC The model projected 1.17 Produced 1.36 Difference +0.19
Motherwell The model projected 1.51 Produced 1.10 Difference -0.41

Motherwell produced 0.41 xG less than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Dundee FC Motherwell
Shots
11
15
On target
6
4
Inside the box
9
10
xG per shot
0.13
0.07
Open play xG
0.25
0.97
Set-piece xG
0.32
0.12
Penalties
1
0
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: 0.57 for Dundee FC and 1.10 for Motherwell.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Dundee FC · Joe Westley · 23' · Goal · 12 m · 0.82 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 45' · Goal · 9 m · 0.39 xG Motherwell · Tawanda Maswanhise · 25' · No goal · 13 m · 0.19 xG Dundee FC · Ryan Astley · 63' · No goal · 3 m · 0.18 xG Motherwell · Emmanuel Longelo · 16' · No goal · 9 m · 0.09 xG Dundee FC · Bradley Fink · 27' · No goal · 7 m · 0.09 xG Dundee FC · Joe Westley · 60' · No goal · 9 m · 0.07 xG Motherwell · Martin Moormann · 89' · No goal · 4 m · 0.07 xG Motherwell · Eythor Bjørgolfsson · 90' · No goal · 11 m · 0.07 xG Motherwell · Tawanda Maswanhise · 49' · No goal · 19 m · 0.06 xG Dundee FC · Bradley Fink · 40' · Goal · 10 m · 0.05 xG Motherwell · Lukas Fadinger · 3' · No goal · 26 m · 0.04 xG Dundee FC · Drey Wright · 20' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Dundee FC · Joe Westley · 72' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Motherwell · Jardell Kanga · 78' · No goal · 14 m · 0.04 xG Motherwell · Jake Girdwood-Reich · 90' · No goal · 4 m · 0.04 xG Dundee FC · Alan Forrest · 8' · No goal · 23 m · 0.03 xG Dundee FC · Jack Moorhouse · 20' · No goal · 14 m · 0.03 xG Motherwell · Joe Hodge · 64' · No goal · 14 m · 0.03 xG Dundee FC · Jack Moorhouse · 20' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Dundee FC · Jack Moorhouse · 35' · No goal · 9 m · 0.02 xG Motherwell · Sebastian Palmer-Houlden · 75' · No goal · 3 m · 0.02 xG Motherwell · Joe Hodge · 80' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 65' · No goal · 30 m · 0.01 xG Motherwell · Martin Moormann · 78' · No goal · 35 m · 0.01 xG Motherwell · Tom Sparrow · 89' · No goal · 8 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

26 shots · 2.48 xG

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

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Dundee FC

1.27 xG created 1.64 xGA

  • L 0.47 created, 2.55 conceded against Celtic
  • W 2.22 created, 0.70 conceded against Aberdeen
  • W 1.68 created, 1.23 conceded against Dundee United
  • L 0.78 created, 2.42 conceded against Hibernian
  • D 1.97 created, 1.08 conceded against St. Johnstone
  • L 0.51 created, 1.87 conceded against Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell

1.41 xG created 1.62 xGA

  • W 2.00 created, 1.92 conceded against Hibernian
  • D 0.89 created, 0.44 conceded against Falkirk FC
  • D 2.11 created, 2.32 conceded against St. Mirren
  • W 2.15 created, 0.19 conceded against Dundee United
  • L 0.51 created, 3.93 conceded against Rangers
  • L 0.77 created, 0.91 conceded against Aberdeen

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

Head to head

Dundee FC: 1 won · 1 drawn · 1 lost

Pre-match model & market record

3 opportunities flagged0 won3 lost

  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Lost
View pre-match record
The outcomes the model flagged on Dundee FC against Motherwell before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Draw 3.50 +4.8% Lost
Dundee FC at most 1 goal 1.53 +2.7% Lost
Under 2.5 goals 2.10 +2.3% Lost

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Dundee FC 26.7% 30.6% −3.9 pp 3.74
Draw 29.9% 27.1% +2.8 pp 3.34
Motherwell 43.3% 42.2% +1.1 pp 2.31

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Dundee FC to score 71.7% 73.1% −1.4 pp 1.39
Dundee FC not to score 28.3% 26.9% +1.4 pp 3.53
Motherwell to score 80.4% 78.3% +2.1 pp 1.24
Motherwell not to score 19.6% 21.7% −2.1 pp 5.11
Both teams to score 59.4% 58.9% +0.5 pp 1.68
Both teams not to score 40.6% 41.1% −0.5 pp 2.46
Dundee FC 2+ goals 33.0% 39.2% −6.2 pp 3.03
Dundee FC at most 1 goal 67.0% 60.8% +6.2 pp 1.49
Motherwell 2+ goals 45.8% 46.3% −0.6 pp 2.19
Motherwell at most 1 goal 54.2% 53.7% +0.6 pp 1.84
Over 1.5 goals 78.8% 78.0% +0.8 pp 1.27
Under 1.5 goals 21.2% 22.0% −0.8 pp 4.72
Over 2.5 goals 51.3% 54.9% −3.6 pp 1.95
Under 2.5 goals 48.7% 45.1% +3.6 pp 2.05

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

Show
Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Dundee FC sample
20 matches
Motherwell sample
20 matches
Computed
7 hours before kick-off
Prices taken
7 hours before kick-off

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.