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Championship10/31/2026, 03:00 PM

Burnley – Portsmouth0 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Burnley
1.31
Total xG
2.51
Portsmouth
1.20
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorBurnleyPortsmouth
Attack weakness (0.64x league average)−1.30
Small sample (6 matches), regression to mean+0.70
Defensive weakness (2.1 conceded vs 1.6 league avg)+0.45
High-scoring league (2.9 goals/match)+0.39+0.39
Defensive strength (1.5 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)+0.20
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.8 goals/match)+0.17
Rising form (1.8 vs 1.2 season average)+0.17
Standings disadvantage (pos 22 vs 12, 10 places gap)−0.14
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.4 goals/match)+0.07
Standings advantage (pos 12 vs 22, 10 places gap)+0.06
Small sample (6 matches), regression to mean−0.04
Jacob Bruun Larsen not in squad (2 goals, 3 assists)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Shots: Burnley averaged 4.4 shots on target per match in the last 5 matches, Portsmouth 2.8 per match
  • Attack: Burnley scored 1.8 goals per match in the last 5 matches, Portsmouth 1.4 per match

Risks

  • Table: Portsmouth are 12th in the league this season with 18 points, Burnley 22nd with 8 points
  • Form: Portsmouth won 3 of their last 5 matches, Burnley 1 match

All probabilities

Result
Burnley37%
Draw30%
Portsmouth32%
Double chance
Burnley or draw68%
Portsmouth or draw63%
No draw70%
Goals
Over 1.573%
Under 1.527%
Over 2.546%
Under 2.554%
Over 3.524%
Under 3.576%
Both teams score
Yes53%
No47%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.31 : 1.20, rounded up only from .914% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
8%
1:2
8%
2:0
7%
0:2
6%
0:0
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Burnley: dropped a lead in 7 of 8 games (18 points lost)
  2. Burnley: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  3. Portsmouth: 5 of 16 goals scored by substitutes (last 12 games)
  4. Burnley: first goal in 8 of 12 games (67%)

Lineups

Burnley 4-2-3-1 · Portsmouth 4-2-3-1

Burnley
  • 37 G. Coudert
  • 2 K. Walker
  • 18 H. Ekdal
  • 44 I. dos Santos de Paulo
  • 23 L. Pires Silva
  • 17 A. Hountondji
  • 5 R. Hatate
  • 10 M. Edwards
  • 29 J. Laurent
  • 19 L. Ramazani
  • 9 J. Vardy
Portsmouth
  • 1 N. Schmid
  • 22 Z. Swanson
  • 5 R. Poole
  • 55 M. Dia
  • 16 J. Meghoma
  • 7 M. Pack
  • 37 I. Mohamed
  • 11 A. Kamara
  • 10 A. Segečić
  • 25 R. Kavuma-McQueen
  • 29 M. Milovanović
Substitutes
  • 8 U. Raghouber
  • 24 J. Cullen
  • 14 C. Roberts
  • 1 M. Weiß
  • 22 O. Sonne
  • 21 A. Ramsey
  • 15 A. Ahmedhodzic
  • 34 J. Banel
  • 3 M. Alleyne
  • 27 O. Bailey
  • 20 T. Waddingham
  • 23 J. Murphy
  • 6 C. Shaughnessy
  • 24 T. Devlin
  • 17 T. Shade
  • 38 E. Adams
  • 19 R. Shein
  • 31 D. Bielica

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