● aleavici-football · v1.0-xgboost · 29 October 2026
Copa del Rey

Poblense vs Ceuta

Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:00
Win probability
24%
Poblense wins
21%
Draw
55%
Ceuta wins
xG Home
1.37
Poblense
Blowout %
36%
Dominant win
xG Away
2.17
Ceuta
Analysis

Our model puts a Ceuta win at 54.8% in this Copa del Rey fixture — a moderate lean. Expected goals run 1.37 to 2.17.

What this probability has been worth

A number is worth what it has been worth. Across 2,440 predictions published before kick-off and scored against the result afterwards, the calls we priced between 45% and 55% came in 48.5% of the time — 744 fixtures in that band. The model claimed 49.6%, so the two are within 1.1 points of each other. In this range the stated probability has meant roughly what it says.

Evenly rated

There is almost nothing between these two on rating — 1494 against 1490, a gap of 4 points. Fixtures this evenly matched are where a model has least to say: the probabilities below are honest, but they are close to a coin weighted only slightly.

Finding the target

Ceuta struggles to hit the target: 27.4% of their shots are on goal over their last matches. The average across the sides we have figures for is 34%. Accuracy is not the same as scoring — it says how much of a side's shooting is worth a goalkeeper's attention, which is the part that does not swing as wildly from week to week as goals do.

Behind the defence

56.5% of the shots on target Ceuta face do not end up in the net, against 67.3% for the sides we measure. That is low enough to matter, and it is the kind of number that flatters or punishes a side's record without saying much about how it plays.

Published 29 October 2026 · aleavici-football
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