Matchday 4 · Premier League 2015-16 · August 29, 2015
Tottenham 0–0 Everton: who deserved to win?
Tottenham and Everton drew 0–0. Replayed with the way both teams played, Tottenham win 8 of 10, Everton 0, and 2 end level. Tottenham made the better chances: 2.1 expected goals to 0.3.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 2.12 |
 Everton | 0 | 0.33 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index −38 Tottenham unlucky 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. Tottenham win 8, 2 end level, Everton win 0.
- 1 TOT 1 EVE 0
- 2 TOT 1 EVE 0
- 3 TOT 1 EVE 0
- 4 TOT 2 EVE 0
- 5 TOT 2 EVE 0
- 6 TOT 4 EVE 1
- 7 TOT 4 EVE 1
- 8 TOT 5 EVE 0
- 9 TOT 0 EVE 0
- 10 TOT 1 EVE 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
Tottenham win 80%, 16% end level, Everton win 5%. The line is what actually happened: Draw.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Tottenham by 3+ | 31.4% |
| Tottenham by 2 | 23.1% |
| Tottenham by 1 | 25.3% |
| Draw | 15.6% |
| Everton by 1 | 3.8% |
| Everton by 2 | 0.7% |
| Everton by 3+ | 0.1% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tottenham | 18 | 0 | 2.12 | −2.12 |
 Everton | 7 | 0 | 0.33 | −0.33 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22' | Harry Kane didn’t score from a shot | 0.45 |
| 54' | Ryan Mason didn’t score from a shot | 0.39 |
When it happened
Tottenham’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22' | Harry Kane didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 45% chance | +11% EVE |
| 2 | 27' | Ryan Mason didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 27% chance | +7% EVE |
| 3 | 54' | Ryan Mason didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 39% chance | +12% EVE |
| 4 | 57' | Bamidele Alli didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 11% chance | +4% EVE |
| 5 | 65' | Harry Kane didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +3% EVE |
| 6 | 65' | Nacer Chadli didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 23% chance | +8% EVE |
| 7 | 69' | Jan Vertonghen didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 10% chance | +4% EVE |
| 8 | 72' | Arouna Koné didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 10% chance | +4% TOT |
Adjust the assumptions
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Only coin-flips re-rolled
Tottenham 81% · draw 14% · Everton 4%
- Final margin
- even
- Luck in goals
- 1.3 for Everton
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Tottenham by 1.3
- Replay with same day's form
- Tottenham 80% · draw 16% · Everton 5% 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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