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Match report · Scottish Premiership

Motherwell 0:4 Aberdeen

Motherwell Home 0.77 xG · 12 shots
Aberdeen Away 0.91 xG · 11 shots
04 The chances were evenly matched

Motherwell were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 54%. Aberdeen won 4–0. The biggest difference was Motherwell's attack: 0.77 xG against 1.59 projected (−0.82).

Goals

  1. 38' Gavin Molloy Aberdeen · 0.03 xG chance 0–1
  2. 46' Connor Ronan Aberdeen · 0.07 xG chance 0–2
  3. 76' Ayoub Mouloua Aberdeen · 0.18 xG chance 0–3
  4. 87' Kevin Nisbet Aberdeen · 0.43 xG chance 0–4

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Motherwell
54%
Draw
29%
Aberdeen
17% What happened

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

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Motherwell The model projected 1.59 Produced 0.77 Difference -0.82
Aberdeen The model projected 0.84 Produced 0.91 Difference +0.07

Motherwell produced 0.82 xG less than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Motherwell Aberdeen
Shots
12
11
On target
5
4
Inside the box
5
7
xG per shot
0.06
0.08
Open play xG
0.67
0.79
Set-piece xG
0.08
0.13
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: 0.76 for Motherwell and 0.91 for Aberdeen.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Aberdeen · Kevin Nisbet · 87' · Goal · 5 m · 0.43 xG Motherwell · Sebastian Palmer-Houlden · 68' · No goal · 8 m · 0.33 xG Aberdeen · Ayoub Mouloua · 76' · Goal · 15 m · 0.18 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 56' · No goal · 14 m · 0.10 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 6' · No goal · 23 m · 0.07 xG Aberdeen · Connor Ronan · 46' · Goal · 15 m · 0.07 xG Aberdeen · Toyosi Olusanya · 54' · No goal · 4 m · 0.07 xG Motherwell · Emmanuel Longelo · 56' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Aberdeen · Kevin Nisbet · 66' · No goal · 12 m · 0.05 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 43' · No goal · 25 m · 0.04 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 64' · No goal · 28 m · 0.04 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 28' · No goal · 23 m · 0.03 xG Motherwell · Emmanuel Longelo · 30' · No goal · 10 m · 0.03 xG Aberdeen · Gavin Molloy · 38' · Goal · 22 m · 0.03 xG Motherwell · Emmanuel Longelo · 19' · No goal · 16 m · 0.02 xG Aberdeen · Toyosi Olusanya · 21' · No goal · 13 m · 0.02 xG Aberdeen · Aremu Afeez · 27' · No goal · 24 m · 0.02 xG Aberdeen · Findlay Marshall · 34' · No goal · 15 m · 0.02 xG Aberdeen · Kevin Nisbet · 35' · No goal · 28 m · 0.02 xG Motherwell · Lukas Fadinger · 67' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Motherwell · Alex Lowry · 3' · No goal · 24 m · 0.01 xG Aberdeen · Aremu Afeez · 11' · No goal · 25 m · 0.01 xG Motherwell · Ibrahim Said · 90' · No goal · 23 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

23 shots · 1.67 xG

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

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Motherwell

1.46 xG created 1.58 xGA

  • W 1.07 created, 0.70 conceded against Hibernian
  • 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
Aberdeen

1.10 xG created 1.76 xGA

  • L 1.29 created, 1.78 conceded against Dundee FC
  • W 2.66 created, 1.34 conceded against Heart of Midlothian
  • L 0.70 created, 2.22 conceded against Dundee FC
  • L 0.45 created, 1.84 conceded against Rangers
  • L 0.66 created, 2.47 conceded against Celtic
  • D 0.85 created, 0.93 conceded against Kilmarnock

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

Head to head

Motherwell: 2 won · 1 drawn · 0 lost

Pre-match model & market record

6 opportunities flagged1 won5 lost

  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Won
View pre-match record
The outcomes the model flagged on Motherwell against Aberdeen before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Under 2.5 goals 2.10 +16.7% Lost
Under 1.5 goals 4.33 +14.0% Lost
Aberdeen at most 1 goal 1.40 +12.2% Lost
Aberdeen not to score 2.75 +11.8% Lost
Draw 3.80 +10.1% Lost
Both teams not to score 2.10 +4.2% Won

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Motherwell 54.2% 51.2% +3.0 pp 1.84
Draw 29.0% 24.7% +4.3 pp 3.45
Aberdeen 16.8% 24.1% −7.3 pp 5.95

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Motherwell to score 82.0% 81.1% +0.9 pp 1.22
Motherwell not to score 18.0% 18.9% −0.9 pp 5.55
Aberdeen to score 59.4% 66.3% −6.9 pp 1.68
Aberdeen not to score 40.6% 33.7% +6.9 pp 2.46
Both teams to score 50.4% 55.7% −5.4 pp 1.99
Both teams not to score 49.6% 44.3% +5.4 pp 2.02
Motherwell 2+ goals 48.5% 51.5% −2.9 pp 2.06
Motherwell at most 1 goal 51.5% 48.5% +2.9 pp 1.94
Aberdeen 2+ goals 19.9% 33.7% −13.9 pp 5.03
Aberdeen at most 1 goal 80.1% 66.3% +13.9 pp 1.25
Over 1.5 goals 73.7% 78.0% −4.3 pp 1.36
Under 1.5 goals 26.3% 22.0% +4.3 pp 3.80
Over 2.5 goals 44.5% 54.9% −10.4 pp 2.25
Under 2.5 goals 55.5% 45.1% +10.4 pp 1.80

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)
Motherwell sample
20 matches
Aberdeen sample
20 matches
Computed
12 hours before kick-off
Prices taken
12 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.