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Azerbaijan vs Malta

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Azerbaijan's home advantage and 0.78 expected-goals edge justify backing 1X at 65%, a market that captures their 52% win probability plus the 32% draw cushion.

Win probability
52.2% home32.5% draw15.3% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
AzerbaijanstepMalta
1.43Base xG · rolling 26-match0.70
× 1.03Home advantage · Neutral× 0.99
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.47Final λ — what the Poisson uses0.69
Scoreline distribution · P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
BANKER
1X
Model 64.9% · @ 1.54
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VALUEPro
Under 2.5 Goals
Model 50.9% · @ 1.96
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DARK HORSEPro
Draw
Model 23.2% · @ 4.31
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