Plateau United 3-2 Heartland — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Nigeria NPFL, 8 Dec 2024

📅08/12/2024 · 🕒17:00 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
60%
1.42
Draw
23%
3.94
Away
17%
7.18
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
57%
1.6
Over 2.5
43%
2.21
Both Teams to Score
Yes
37%
2.67
No
63%
1.41
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
33%
2-3 Goals
42%
4-5 Goals
18%
6+ Goals
7%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
29%
1/2
4%
1/X
5%
X/1
23%
X/2
7%
X/X
11%
2/1
7%
2/2
7%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ Under 2.5 ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
60%
Home Win
66%
-6.8pp
23%
Draw
22%
+0.5pp
18%
Away Win
11%
+6.3pp
57%
Under 2.5
59%
-1.8pp
43%
Over 2.5
41%
+1.8pp
37%
BTTS Yes
33%
+3.8pp
63%
BTTS No
67%
-3.8pp
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 Plateau United EU Bookmakers 70%
Head to Head
AWAY Heartland EU Bookmakers 14%
+6% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -4% / -3%
2.06/0.53 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.53/1.69
+29% / +12% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -10% / -5%
55% Ball Possession 45%
17 Total Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
290 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 271 · 76%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Plateau United
3W-1D-0L
AWAY Heartland
2.25 Avg Goals (FT) 0.25
28.02.2024 Heartland Heartland 1-5 HT 0-2 Plateau United Plateau United NIJ
08.10.2023 Plateau United Plateau United 1-0 HT 1-0 Heartland Heartland NIJ
26.05.2021 Heartland Heartland 0-0 HT 0-0 Plateau United Plateau United NIJ
10.01.2021 Plateau United Plateau United 3-0 HT 1-0 Heartland Heartland NIJ
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Plateau United
3-2
AWAY Heartland
58% Ball Possession 42%
19 Total Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 5
POST-MATCH Plateau United vs Heartland
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Plateau United edged past Heartland 3-2. Half-time: 1-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Plateau United as the likeliest winner at 60%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (57%), no to both teams scoring (63%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Plateau United had 58% of the ball to Heartland's 42%, shots finished 19-5.

For context: across their last 4 meetings in our records, Plateau United had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.25 goals for Plateau United and 0.25 for Heartland.

What was the final score of Plateau United vs Heartland?

Plateau United 3-2 Heartland in the Nigeria NPFL on 08/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Plateau United vs Heartland?

Before kick-off our model rated a Plateau United win the most likely single outcome at about 60%, with the full match-result split Plateau United 60%, draw 23%, Heartland 18%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Plateau United) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Plateau United) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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