Matchday 3 · La Liga 2015-16 · September 13, 2015
Málaga 0–0 Eibar: who deserved to win?
Málaga and Eibar drew 0–0. Replayed with the way both teams played, Málaga win 4 of 10, Eibar 3, and 3 end level. The chances were close to even (1.0 expected goals to 0.8).
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Málaga | 0 | 1.03 |
 Eibar | 0 | 0.84 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index −5 Málaga about even for the draw
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. Málaga win 4, 3 end level, Eibar win 3.
- 1 MAL 1 EIB 0
- 2 MAL 1 EIB 0
- 3 MAL 2 EIB 0
- 4 MAL 3 EIB 0
- 5 MAL 1 EIB 1
- 6 MAL 1 EIB 1
- 7 MAL 1 EIB 1
- 8 MAL 0 EIB 2
- 9 MAL 1 EIB 2
- 10 MAL 1 EIB 2
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
Málaga win 39%, 32% end level, Eibar win 29%. The line is what actually happened: Draw.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Málaga by 3+ | 4.7% |
| Málaga by 2 | 11.2% |
| Málaga by 1 | 23.2% |
| Draw | 31.9% |
| Eibar by 1 | 18.3% |
| Eibar by 2 | 8.1% |
| Eibar by 3+ | 2.6% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Málaga | 10 | 0 | 1.03 | −1.03 |
 Eibar | 7 | 0 | 0.84 | −0.84 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 43' | Charles Días Barbosa de Oliveira didn’t score from a shot | 0.31 |
| 86' | Borja González Tomás didn’t score from a shot | 0.60 |
| 88' | Duje Čop didn’t score from a shot | 0.33 |
When it happened
Málaga’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15' | Adrián González Morales didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 8% chance | +2% MAL |
| 2 | 23' | Nordin Amrabat didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 6% chance | +2% EIB |
| 3 | 32' | Adrián González Morales didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 9% chance | +3% MAL |
| 4 | 41' | Charles Días Barbosa de Oliveira didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 14% chance | +4% EIB |
| 5 | 43' | Charles Días Barbosa de Oliveira didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 31% chance | +9% EIB |
| 6 | 53' | Nordin Amrabat didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +2% EIB |
| 7 | 86' | Borja González Tomás didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 60% chance | +29% MAL |
| 8 | 88' | Duje Čop didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 33% chance | +16% EIB |
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
Málaga 37% · draw 36% · Eibar 27%
- Final margin
- even
- Luck in goals
- 0.1 for Eibar
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Málaga by 0.1
- Replay with same day's form
- Málaga 39% · draw 32% · Eibar 29% 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).
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