The small bars under each number are that side’s last six matches, home and away, against opponents of mixed strength, oldest on the left; the dashed line is the number we expect. Our forecast is for this opponent at this ground, so a favourite’s recent numbers often sit below it and an underdog’s above it.
What each side has actually done lately, home and away — a record, not a forecast.
Argentina should win this one. They have won four of their last six, and the model expects them to create about a goal more per game than Burkina Faso. Expect goals: the model sees around three.
Argentina to win, priced again from the same expected goals if the match reaches these states.
Each row is the call re-priced for that scoreline at half-time. Lineups are not in it — we publish per-player shooting rates, not a squad-strength number, so what a rested front three does to this figure is not something we can honestly put a number on.
Chance of at least one goal before half-time: 78%
First-half numbers are our full-match forecast split by how much of each side's shooting and corners usually comes before the break. The small bars under each number are that side's last six first halves.
At half-time we update each side’s chance of scoring in the second half from what the first half showed.
Bawler's model rates this match: Argentina are favoured (88% win probability vs 2% for Burkina Faso, 9% draw). The model uses each side’s expected goals, recent form and the strength of the opposition.
The most likely scoreline from Bawler's model is Argentina 3-0 Burkina Faso (15.1% probability). Expected total goals: 3.4.
Bawler estimates each side's expected goals from its results and the quality of its chances, adjusted for the strength of the opposition and for home advantage, then works out the chance of every scoreline to get win, draw and both-teams-to-score probabilities. Team news and lineups are not built into these numbers. For this match that gives Argentina 88%, the draw 9% and Burkina Faso 2%. Every prediction is published before kickoff and settled afterwards.
BTTS: No (69% probability) — at least one team likely fails to score. Based on home expected goals 3.00 and away expected goals 0.39.
Bawler's model gives a combined expected-goals total of 3.4. The lean is Over 2.5 (a goal-fest is on the cards).