Match 31 Oct 2023 · 18:00 UTC
GER · Niederrheinpokal · 2023
HT 0–2
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The models what they said before kick-off
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure SV Straelen Rot-Weiss Essen What it means
N — no-draw run 1 8 matches in a row without a draw
Max N 1 11 this team's longest run ever
E — draw debt 0.00 1.68 expected draws over the current run
p50 — last 50 0.0% 18.0% draw rate over its last 50 matches
p100 — last 100 0.0% 23.0% draw rate over its last 100 matches
Draw % — all time 0.0% 26.7% share of every match drawn
Σ N 9 both sides' runs added
Σ E 1.68 both sides' draw debt added

These are the figures that held before kick-off: each side's record over every match it had played before 31 Oct 2023, computed exactly as the predictor computes today's. Draw score and rank are left out: both place a team against the whole field, and the field can only be scored as it stands now.

Team strength · Elo
SV Straelen 1,495 after: 1,480
Rot-Weiss Essen 1,618 after: 1,634
Rating gap -57 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 23.1% 50–74 · 78,843 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.61 – 1.74 home – away
Home win 35.3%
Draw 23.8% every level score added up
Away win 40.9%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 23.6% 80% goals model · 20% Elo gap
Goals model said 23.8% form only
This Elo gap said 23.1% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

Both figures are what the models knew before this match — neither ever reads the result it is describing, so they can be compared with what actually happened. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.