Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Wednesday 15 January 2025 · ENG-Premier League · 2425
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xG Prediction generated
AI prediction
dc-xg-oos No snapshot has been taken for this fixture yet; this is the stored price.Probabilities, not certainties. How they are made: the methodology.
Was this pick made in advance?
-oos is out of sample: it was fitted only on matches
played before this one, so its pick is a genuine forecast rather than hindsight.
Anything without that suffix was fitted on all available data.What the chances say
Newcastle United are conceding sharply fewer than expected — 5.1 goals saved beyond what the chances suggest.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are finishing below their chances — 3.7 goals fewer than expected across 10 matches, despite creating the openings. They are also conceding fewer than expected — 2.3 goals saved beyond what the chances suggest.
Finishing swings far more than chance creation, so a gap this size usually narrows. Over ten matches it is suggestive, not settled — a genuinely elite finisher beats expected goals for years.
What the model said
| Model | Home / Draw / Away | Expected goals | Likeliest score | O2.5 | BTTS | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dc-xg-oos | 2.41–0.91 | 2-0 10% | 65% | 55% | Home ✓ |
A model whose name ends -oos was produced by the walk-forward backtest:
it was fitted only on matches played before this one, so the pick is genuinely out of sample.
Reading the xG timeline
Expected goals by minute
Reading the shot map
Shot map
Every shot
| Min | Team | Player | xG | Situation | Body part | Result | Assisted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5' |
|
Jacob Murphy | 0.03 | Open Play | Left Foot | Saved Shot | — |
| 12' |
|
Gonçalo Guedes | 0.07 | Open Play | Right Foot | Missed Shot | — |
| 22' |
|
Lewis Hall | 0.05 | Open Play | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | — |
| 23' |
|
Jacob Murphy | 0.06 | Open Play | Right Foot | Saved Shot | Anthony Gordon |
| 24' |
|
Anthony Gordon | 0.12 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Joelinton |
| 28' |
|
Anthony Gordon | 0.03 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Bruno Guimarães |
| 30' |
|
Alexander Isak | 0.11 | Open Play | Right Foot | Shot On Post | Bruno Guimarães |
| 33' |
|
Alexander Isak | 0.08 | Open Play | Right Foot | Goal | — |
| 42' |
|
Jørgen Strand Larsen | 0.08 | Open Play | Left Foot | Shot On Post | Rodrigo Gomes |
| 43' |
|
Joelinton | 0.08 | Open Play | Right Foot | Missed Shot | Sandro Tonali |
| 46' |
|
Gonçalo Guedes | 0.30 | Set Piece | Right Foot | Saved Shot | André |
| 47' |
|
Matheus Cunha | 0.05 | Open Play | Right Foot | Saved Shot | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 48' |
|
Sandro Tonali | 0.08 | Set Piece | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | — |
| 50' |
|
Anthony Gordon | 0.10 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Bruno Guimarães |
| 56' |
|
Alexander Isak | 0.38 | Open Play | Right Foot | Goal | Bruno Guimarães |
| 61' |
|
Matheus Cunha | 0.02 | Open Play | Right Foot | Saved Shot | André |
| 63' |
|
Bruno Guimarães | 0.04 | Open Play | Right Foot | Missed Shot | Sandro Tonali |
| 64' |
|
Matheus Cunha | 0.10 | Open Play | Right Foot | Missed Shot | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 66' |
|
Joelinton | 0.13 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Jacob Murphy |
| 67' |
|
Dan Burn | 0.24 | From Corner | — | Missed Shot | Lewis Hall |
| 70' |
|
Nélson Semedo | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Saved Shot | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde |
| 72' |
|
Matheus Cunha | 0.11 | Open Play | Left Foot | Missed Shot | Nélson Semedo |
| 73' |
|
Anthony Gordon | 0.53 | Open Play | Right Foot | Goal | Alexander Isak |
| 78' |
|
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | 0.04 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | João Gomes |
| 82' |
|
Jørgen Strand Larsen | 0.30 | Open Play | Right Foot | Saved Shot | Rayan Ait Nouri |
| 88' |
|
Lewis Hall | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Missed Shot | Miguel Almirón |
| 91' |
|
Tommy Doyle | 0.02 | Set Piece | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Matheus Cunha |
| 94' |
|
Pablo Sarabia | 0.31 | Open Play | Left Foot | Saved Shot | Nélson Semedo |
| 96' |
|
Bruno Guimarães | 0.08 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Sandro Tonali |
| 97' |
|
Pablo Sarabia | 0.06 | Open Play | Right Foot | Saved Shot | Matheus Cunha |
Players
Newcastle United
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | xG | xA | xGChain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Burn DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
| Bruno Guimarães MC | 90 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.62 | 0.87 |
| Sandro Tonali MC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.32 |
| Lewis Hall DL | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.17 |
| Martin Dubravka GK | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Sven Botman DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| Valentino Livramento DR | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.57 |
| Joelinton MC | 86 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.44 |
| Anthony Gordon FWL | 81 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.77 | 0.06 | 0.98 |
| Alexander Isak FW | 81 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 1.40 |
| Jacob Murphy FWR | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.73 |
| William Osula Sub | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Miguel Almirón Sub | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Joe Willock Sub | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lewis Miley Sub | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Kieran Trippier Sub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | xG | xA | xGChain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jørgen Strand Larsen FW | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.53 |
| Matt Doherty DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Rayan Ait Nouri DML | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.61 |
| Emmanuel Agbadou DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 |
| Santiago Bueno DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
| José Sá GK | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| João Gomes MC | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| André MC | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.04 |
| Gonçalo Guedes AMC | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| Rodrigo Gomes DMR | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Hee-Chan Hwang AMC | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Matheus Cunha Sub | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Sub | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.38 |
| Nélson Semedo Sub | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.45 |
| Pablo Sarabia Sub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.37 |
| Tommy Doyle Sub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.31 |