Matchday 3 · Euro 2020 · June 21, 2021
Russia 1–4 Denmark: who deserved to win?
Denmark beat Russia 4–1, and the replays back it up: with the way both teams played, Denmark win 8 of 10, 1 end level. Denmark made the better chances: 2.3 expected goals to 1.1.
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +14 Denmark about even · −14 Russia
Each team’s own shots from this match, resampled into new matches 4,000 times, each a goal at its expected-goals chance: with the way both teams actually played, how often does this performance win? How the replay works
Ten replays. Russia win 1, 1 ends level, Denmark win 8.
- 1 RUS 2 DEN 1
- 2 RUS 1 DEN 1
- 3 RUS 1 DEN 6
- 4 RUS 0 DEN 4
- 5 RUS 0 DEN 3
- 6 RUS 1 DEN 4
- 7 RUS 1 DEN 3
- 8 RUS 1 DEN 3
- 9 RUS 1 DEN 2
- 10 RUS 0 DEN 1
The narrowest view of luck
The same match, with only the coin flips re-rolled: every shot kept where and how it was taken, its outcome redrawn at its chance (75% of finishing counts as luck), own goals at the league’s rate.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
There is no betting line for this match, and no forecast from before kickoff: matches of past seasons are replayed, not forecast.
How 4,000 replays of the 90 minutes ended
Russia win 8%, 12% end level, Denmark win 79%. The line is what actually happened: Denmark by 3.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Russia by 3+ | 0.4% |
| Russia by 2 | 1.9% |
| Russia by 1 | 6.0% |
| Draw | 12.2% |
| Denmark by 1 | 18.4% |
| Denmark by 2 | 21.3% |
| Denmark by 3+ | 39.8% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russia | 6 (1 pen) | 1 | 1.09 | −0.09 |
 Denmark | 16 | 4 | 2.33 | +1.67 |
Own goals aren’t shots, so they’re counted on their own. A side above expected finished better than its chances, or met a goalkeeper on a bad day; 75% of the gap counts as luck (why that share).
The big chances, and every goal
| Minute | Chance | xG |
|---|---|---|
| 37' | Mikkel Damsgaard scored from a shot | 0.05 |
| 58' | Yussuf Yurary Poulsen scored from a shot | 0.93 |
| 69' | Artem Dzyuba scored from a penalty | 0.78 |
| 78' | Simon Thorup Kjær didn’t score from a shot | 0.43 |
| 78' | Andreas Christensen scored from a shot | 0.02 |
| 81' | Joakim Mæhle scored from a shot | 0.10 |
When it happened
Russia’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17' | Aleksandr Golovin didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 18% chance | +4% DEN |
| 2 | 33' | Aleksandr Golovin didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 6% chance | +2% DEN |
| 3 | 37' | Mikkel Damsgaard scored from a shotFinishing · 5% chance | +28% DEN |
| 4 | 69' | Artem Dzyuba scored from a penaltyFinishing · 78% chance | +2% RUS |
| 5 | 73' | Simon Thorup Kjær didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 14% chance | +1% RUS |
| 6 | 73' | Jannik Vestergaard didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 18% chance | +2% RUS |
| 7 | 78' | Simon Thorup Kjær didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 43% chance | +3% RUS |
| 8 | 78' | Andreas Christensen scored from a shotFinishing · 2% chance | +6% DEN |
Adjust the assumptions
Think finishing is more skill than we do? Change how much of it counts as luck and the coin-flip replay of the 90 minutes reruns in your browser.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
Russia 1% · draw 7% · Denmark 92%
- Final margin
- Denmark by 3
- Luck in goals
- 1.3 for Denmark
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Denmark by 1.7
- Replay with same day's form
- Russia 8% · draw 12% · Denmark 79% unchanged: why
About these numbers
Expected goals per shot from StatsBomb’s open data; the replays, the in-game win probability and the luck shares are our own models, fitted and tested on every shot of four full league seasons and four tournaments, these matches included (methodology and validation). Denmark win 86% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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