Matchday 3 · World Cup 2018 · June 28, 2018
Senegal 0–1 Colombia: who deserved to win?
Colombia beat Senegal 1–0, but the replays call it even: Colombia win 2 of 10, Senegal 2, 6 end level. The chances were close to even (0.4 expected goals to 0.3).
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +51 Colombia lucky · −51 Senegal
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. Senegal win 2, 6 end level, Colombia win 2.
- 1 SEN 1 COL 0
- 2 SEN 1 COL 0
- 3 SEN 0 COL 0
- 4 SEN 0 COL 0
- 5 SEN 0 COL 0
- 6 SEN 0 COL 0
- 7 SEN 0 COL 0
- 8 SEN 0 COL 0
- 9 SEN 0 COL 1
- 10 SEN 0 COL 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
Senegal win 22%, 57% end level, Colombia win 20%. The line is what actually happened: Colombia by 1.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Senegal by 3+ | 0.5% |
| Senegal by 2 | 2.9% |
| Senegal by 1 | 19.0% |
| Draw | 57.4% |
| Colombia by 1 | 17.1% |
| Colombia by 2 | 2.7% |
| Colombia by 3+ | 0.4% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Senegal | 7 | 0 | 0.36 | −0.36 |
 Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0.28 | +0.72 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 73' | Yerry Fernando Mina González scored from a shot | 0.06 |
When it happened
Senegal’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11' | Juan Fernando Quintero Paniagua didn’t score from a free kickFinishing · 5% chance | +1% SEN |
| 2 | 26' | Keita Baldé Diao didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 3% chance | +1% COL |
| 3 | 63' | Sadio Mané didn’t score from a free kickFinishing · 5% chance | +2% COL |
| 4 | 64' | Luis Fernando Muriel Fruto didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +2% SEN |
| 5 | 65' | Radamel Falcao García Zárate didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 11% chance | +4% SEN |
| 6 | 73' | Yerry Fernando Mina González scored from a shotFinishing · 6% chance | +38% COL |
| 7 | 76' | M'Baye Babacar Niang didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 12% chance | +5% COL |
| 8 | 78' | Ismaïla Sarr didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 10% chance | +4% COL |
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
Senegal 27% · draw 52% · Colombia 21%
- Final margin
- Colombia by 1
- Luck in goals
- 0.8 for Colombia
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Colombia by 0.2
- Replay with same day's form
- Senegal 22% · draw 57% · Colombia 20% 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). Colombia win 49% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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