Sliema Wanderers 1-0 Balzan FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Malta - FA Cup, 7 Feb 2024

📅07/02/2024 · 🕒22:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
51%
1.75
Draw
26%
3.45
Away
23%
4.31
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.71
Over 2.5
40%
2.03
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
1.96
No
57%
1.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
2-3 Goals
47%
4-5 Goals
15%
6+ Goals
10%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
1/2
3%
1/X
11%
X/1
23%
X/2
3%
X/X
9%
2/1
4%
2/2
17%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
51%
Home Win
54%
-2.6pp
26%
Draw
26%
-0.2pp
23%
Away Win
20%
+2.8pp
60%
Under 2.5
55%
+5.8pp
40%
Over 2.5
45%
-5.8pp
43%
BTTS Yes
47%
-4.2pp
57%
BTTS No
53%
+4.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sliema Wanderers EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Balzan FC EU Bookmakers 23%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
/ Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) /
52% Ball Possession 48%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
339 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 289 · 74%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sliema Wanderers
2W-0D-1L
AWAY Balzan FC
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.33
51% Ball Possession 49%
4 Total Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 2
09.12.2023 Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers 1-0 HT 1-0 Balzan FC Balzan FC MLTP
06.05.2022 Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers 0-1 HT 0-1 Balzan FC Balzan FC MLTP
26.01.2022 Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers 1-0 HT 1-0 Balzan FC Balzan FC MLTP
POST-MATCH Sliema Wanderers vs Balzan FC
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sliema Wanderers nicked a narrow win over Balzan FC 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Sliema Wanderers as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (57%) came in.

Coming into the game, across their last 3 meetings in our records, Sliema Wanderers had the better of it with 2 wins. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Sliema Wanderers and 0.33 for Balzan FC.

What was the final score of Sliema Wanderers vs Balzan FC?

Sliema Wanderers 1-0 Balzan FC in the Malta - FA Cup on 07/02/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sliema Wanderers vs Balzan FC?

Before kick-off our model rated a Sliema Wanderers win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Sliema Wanderers 51%, draw 26%, Balzan FC 23%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sliema Wanderers), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Sliema Wanderers) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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