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Croatia vs Ghana

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain β€” every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Over 1.5 Goals sits at 81% because Croatia's 1.79 xG dominates Ghana's 1.04, and Kramarić's 22% of team output gives the hosts a sharp scoring edge at home.

Win probability
51.9% home28.6% draw19.6% away
xG chain β€” base β†’ adjustments β†’ final Ξ»
CroatiastepGhana
1.79Base xG Β· rolling 26-match1.04
no injury adjustment β€” full squads available per FotMob
1.79Final Ξ» β€” what the Poisson uses1.04
Scoreline distribution Β· P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
BANKER
Over 1.5 Goals
Model 80.6% Β· @ 1.24
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Under 2.5 Goals
Model 26.7% Β· @ 3.75
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> STAR_PICKS Β· player props

2 picks
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Antoine Semenyo
Ghana Β· Bournemouth
38%@ 2.63x fair
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Anytime ScorerPro
IΓ±aki Williams
Ghana Β· Athletic Bilbao
36%@ 2.78x fair
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Probabilities from a per-player calibrated model on club xG / form, scaled to international minutes. Updated daily.

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Croatia 2–1 Ghana
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