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Zambia

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
24
non-draws in a row
25 Jun 1975 → 15 Jul 1977
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 5.6 across these 24 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 5.8 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 560 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 212.96 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.01× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
22 Jun 1975 Tanzania 1–1 Zambia D ITL · Friendly
25 Jun 1975 Mozambique 2–1 Zambia H ITL · Friendly
12 Jul 1975 Zambia 2–1 Uganda H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
15 Aug 1975 Uganda 3–0 Zambia H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
24 Oct 1975 Zambia 3–0 Mozambique H ITL · Friendly
31 Oct 1975 Zambia 1–2 Kenya A ITL · CECAFA Cup
02 Nov 1975 Zambia 0–1 Uganda A ITL · CECAFA Cup
14 Feb 1976 Zambia 1–3 Nigeria A ITL · Friendly
09 May 1976 Zambia 4–0 Malawi H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
30 May 1976 Malawi 0–1 Zambia A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
30 Sep 1976 Botswana 2–3 Zambia A ITL · Friendly
05 Nov 1976 Zanzibar 0–3 Zambia A ITL · CECAFA Cup
08 Nov 1976 Somalia 2–4 Zambia A ITL · CECAFA Cup
11 Nov 1976 Uganda 2–3 Zambia A ITL · CECAFA Cup
12 Nov 1976 Kenya 0–2 Zambia A ITL · CECAFA Cup
14 Nov 1976 Uganda 2–0 Zambia H ITL · CECAFA Cup
16 Nov 1976 Tanzania 2–3 Zambia A ITL · Friendly
13 Feb 1977 Uganda 1–0 Zambia H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
27 Feb 1977 Zambia 4–2 Uganda H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
26 Mar 1977 Zambia 8–1 Malawi H ITL · Friendly
09 Jun 1977 Algeria 2–0 Zambia H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
12 Jun 1977 Zambia 2–0 Cuba H ITL · Friendly
16 Jun 1977 Zambia 0–1 Cuba A ITL · Friendly
26 Jun 1977 Zambia 2–0 Algeria H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
15 Jul 1977 Egypt 2–0 Zambia H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
the draw that ended it
31 Jul 1977 Zambia 0–0 Egypt D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification