Every fixture page on the site opens with a detailed match preview — predicted formations, key players, strategic factors, and expected scorelines. Here's how we generate them and what data feeds into each section.
How we make predictions
How match previews work
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What the reader sees
Every fixture page now opens with a structured prose summary covering:
- Headline expected shape. Favoured side, Dixon-Coles λ_home and λ_away, P(H/D/A), modal scoreline.
- Predicted formations and key players. One paragraph per side, naming the formation string and the highest-rated player by anytime-scorer model output (Model #5), with a role descriptor derived from squad position (
FW→ "primary attacking outlet",MF→ "creator from midfield",DF→ "set-piece / late-runner threat from the back",GK→ "goal-line presence"). - Strategic factors. Whichever of set-piece propensity, weather / altitude, referee tendency, pace differential (Elo gap), and injury notes clear the per-axis meaningfulness thresholds. Below threshold the factor is simply omitted.
- Set-piece outlook. Per-side set-piece xG share multiplied by the corresponding DC λ to give an expected set-piece-goals number.
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