Polokwane City 0-1 Magesi — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Premier League, 18 Feb 2025

📅18/02/2025 · 🕒20:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
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
42%
1.96
Draw
28%
2.94
Away
30%
4.04
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
66%
1.38
Over 2.5
34%
2.89
Both Teams to Score
Yes
38%
2.44
No
62%
1.49
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
44%
1.86
2-3 Goals
34%
1.8
4-5 Goals
15%
6.49
6+ Goals
7%
34.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
1/2
5%
1/X
7%
X/1
20%
X/2
12%
X/X
16%
2/1
8%
2/2
12%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
42%
Home Win
47%
-5.6pp
28%
Draw
31%
-2.4pp
30%
Away Win
22%
+8.0pp
66%
Under 2.5
69%
-2.9pp
34%
Over 2.5
31%
+2.9pp
38%
BTTS Yes
37%
+1.0pp
62%
BTTS No
63%
-1.0pp
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 Polokwane City EU Bookmakers 51%
Head to Head
AWAY Magesi EU Bookmakers 25%
+5% / +5% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +14% / +14%
1.11/0.83 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.77/1.06
-17% / +58% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -29% / +21%
51% Ball Possession 49%
13 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
300 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 258 · 73%
16.5 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 13.0
13.9 Crosses 16.1
2.0 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Polokwane City
3W-0D-0L
AWAY Magesi
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.00
1.35 xG 0.23
52% Ball Possession 48%
12 Total Shots 4
4 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 2
227 Passes 126
71% Pass Accuracy 75%
21 Box Touches 2
20 Crosses 6
0 Yellow Cards 2
21.09.2024 Magesi Magesi 0-2 HT 0-1 Polokwane City Polokwane City GAFPSL
01.03.2023 Magesi Magesi 0-2 HT 0-0 Polokwane City Polokwane City GAF1
28.01.2023 Polokwane City Polokwane City 1-0 HT 1-0 Magesi Magesi GAF1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Polokwane City
0-1
AWAY Magesi
0.29 xG 0.95
63% Ball Possession 37%
5 Total Shots 10
0 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 2
351 Passes 169
81% Pass Accuracy 68%
7 Box Touches 14
12 Crosses 14
0 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Polokwane City vs Magesi
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Magesi edged past Polokwane City 1-0 away from home.

Our pre-match lean was Polokwane City at 42%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (66%), no to both teams scoring (62%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Polokwane City had 63% of the ball to Magesi's 37%, shots finished 5-10, expected goals 0.29 to 0.95.

For context: across their last 3 meetings in our records, Polokwane City had the better of it with 3 wins. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Polokwane City and 0.00 for Magesi.

What was the final score of Polokwane City vs Magesi?

Polokwane City 0-1 Magesi in the South Afrika - Premier League on 18/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Polokwane City vs Magesi?

Before kick-off our model rated a Polokwane City win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Polokwane City 42%, draw 28%, Magesi 30%. The final score 0-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5, BTTS No — while Match Result (Polokwane City) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Polokwane City) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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