SCO1 · Scottish Premiership · Match Analysis

Hibernian vs
Falkirk

Model-based match probabilities derived from multi-season xG data, team strength, venue performance, recent form, Elo ratings and league context.

Analysis date17 Oct 2026

Target season2026/27

History window5 seasons

League tierTier 1

Model output

Match probabilities.

Probabilities are model estimates, not certainties or betting guarantees.

Home win

53.41%

Hibernian

Draw

25.53%

Away win

21.07%

Falkirk

Expected goals 1.73 - 1.01 2.75 total

BTTS 53.31% Both teams to score

Over 1.5 76.85% 2+ total goals

Over 2.5 51.74% 3+ total goals

Score model

Most likely scorelines.

Exact-score probabilities from the Poisson + Dixon-Coles goal model.

#11:112.18%

#21:010.22%

#32:19.76%

#42:09.65%

#50:07.34%

Additional scorelines

1:25.70%

3:15.64%

0:15.59%

3:05.58%

2:24.94%

Team context

Strength and recent form.

Venue-adjusted team strength, Elo rating and recent xG performance.

Home

Hibernian

Elo1502.3

Overall attack1.45

Overall defense1.34

Home attack1.65

Home defense1.18

Form signal-0.264

Last 5 xGF / xGA1.29 / 1.59

Last 10 xGF / xGA1.42 / 1.60

Last 10 xGD-0.19

League statusSTABLE · from SCO1 2025/26

Away

Falkirk

Elo1468.8

Overall attack1.33

Overall defense1.48

Away attack1.01

Away defense1.53

Form signal-0.153

Last 5 xGF / xGA1.69 / 1.73

Last 10 xGF / xGA1.45 / 1.82

Last 10 xGD-0.36

League statusSTABLE · from SCO1 2025/26

Elo difference

+33.5

Elo is one input among several and does not determine the final 1X2 probability on its own.

Head-to-head

Historical matchup context.

H2H values provide context and are not used as a standalone prediction.

H2H matches4Effective: 2.37

Average goals4.02Hibernian 2.29 · Falkirk 1.73

H2H 3+ goals100.00%Historical context

H2H BTTS76.78%Model BTTS: 53.31%

H2H 2+ goals100.00%

H2H 3+ goals100.00%

H2H 4+ goals76.78%

H2H BTTS76.78%

Goal distribution

Total goals profile.

The model's probability distribution for the total number of goals.

07.34%

115.81%

225.12%

322.15%

415.20%

58.35%

63.82%

7+2.22%

0-1 goals23.15%Low total

2+ goals76.85%Over 1.5

3+ goals51.74%Over 2.5

4+ goals29.59%Over 3.5

Technical detail

How the model reached the estimate.

Detailed diagnostics are kept below the headline probabilities so the public report remains readable.

League baseline and model setup

LeagueSCO1

Loaded teams14

Loaded historical matches960

Target season2026/27

Previous seasons in history4

Season window2022/23 → 2023/24 → 2024/25 → 2025/26 → 2026/27

League tierTier 1

Historical league matches960

xG matches276 / 960

Effective xG matches219.17

Observed home xG1.59

Observed away xG1.29

Model home xG baseline1.61

Model away xG baseline1.27

Total league xG baseline2.88

Home-advantage weight1.125

Model configdata/models/SCO1.json

Team attack half-life240.0 days

Team defense half-life240.0 days

Attack strength weight0.763

Defense strength weight0.969

Venue prior matches2.00

DistributionPoisson + Dixon-Coles

Dixon-Coles rho-0.081 (effective -0.081)

Dixon-Coles decay0.016

Goal overdispersion0.000

Implied goal variance H / A1.73 / 1.01

Relative strengths and form diagnostics

Hibernian

Home attack strength1.021

Home defense weakness0.948

Base lambda home1.61

Attack form xGF level1.333

Defense form xGA level (lower is better)1.597

Opponent-adjusted attack residual-0.140

Opponent-adjusted defense residual (higher is better)-0.190

Opponent-adjustment weight0.000

Model attack signal-0.107

Model defense signal-0.157

Opponent blend0.000

Form matches 5 / 105 / 10

Last 5 xGF / xGA / xGD1.29 / 1.59 / -0.30

Last 10 xGF / xGA / xGD1.42 / 1.60 / -0.19

Falkirk

Away attack strength0.871

Away defense weakness0.979

Base lambda away1.08

Attack form xGF level1.606

Defense form xGA level (lower is better)1.759

Opponent-adjusted attack residual+0.156

Opponent-adjusted defense residual (higher is better)-0.332

Opponent-adjustment weight0.000

Model attack signal+0.167

Model defense signal-0.319

Opponent blend0.000

Form matches 5 / 105 / 10

Last 5 xGF / xGA / xGD1.69 / 1.73 / -0.04

Last 10 xGF / xGA / xGD1.45 / 1.82 / -0.36

Historical data coverage

Hibernian

Total matches160

Home / away matches80 / 80

xG matches46 / 160

xG home / away coverage23 / 80 · 23 / 80

Effective total23.97

Effective attack / defense23.97 / 23.97

Effective home matches12.04

Effective home attack / defense12.04 / 12.04

Falkirk

Total matches46

Home / away matches24 / 22

xG matches46 / 46

xG home / away coverage24 / 24 · 22 / 22

Effective total23.99

Effective attack / defense23.99 / 23.99

Effective away matches11.40

Effective away attack / defense11.40 / 11.40

Historical data coverage

68.99%

This measures usable historical evidence. It is not the probability that the prediction is correct.

Validation

Historical model performance.

Leakage-safe backtesting compares the fitted model with a league baseline over 940 historical matches.

Positive improvement means the model performed better than the league baseline.

Total goals log-loss vs baseline+0.24%

1X2 log-loss vs baseline+6.86%

BTTS Brier vs baseline+0.67%

Over 2.5 Brier vs baseline+1.16%

Full backtest metrics

Model

MAE total goals1.2931

Exact score log-loss2.9768

Total goals Brier0.8253

Total goals log-loss1.8746

1X2 Brier0.5894

1X2 log-loss0.9903

BTTS Brier0.2497

Over 1.5 Brier0.1699

Over 2.5 Brier0.2472

Over 3.5 Brier0.2185

League baseline

MAE total goals1.3025

Exact score log-loss3.0841

Total goals Brier0.8267

Total goals log-loss1.8791

1X2 Brier0.6424

1X2 log-loss1.0632

BTTS Brier0.2514

Over 1.5 Brier0.1705

Over 2.5 Brier0.2501

Over 3.5 Brier0.2197

Calibration diagnostics

Home win · ECE 5.29%

 0- 10%  n=4    avg=  8.5% actual= 25.0%
10- 20%  n=31   avg= 15.5% actual= 22.6%
20- 30%  n=103  avg= 24.8% actual= 14.6%
30- 40%  n=201  avg= 36.0% actual= 36.3%
40- 50%  n=369  avg= 44.1% actual= 50.1%
50- 60%  n=111  avg= 54.3% actual= 54.1%
60- 70%  n=84   avg= 64.4% actual= 75.0%
70- 80%  n=24   avg= 74.1% actual= 87.5%
80- 90%  n=11   avg= 85.0% actual= 90.9%
90-100%  n=2    avg= 92.4% actual=100.0%

Draw · ECE 3.10%

 0- 10%  n=8    avg=  8.6% actual= 12.5%
10- 20%  n=48   avg= 17.0% actual=  8.3%
20- 30%  n=880  avg= 26.6% actual= 23.9%
30- 40%  n=4    avg= 30.7% actual= 25.0%

Away win · ECE 3.20%

 0- 10%  n=32   avg=  6.4% actual=  3.1%
10- 20%  n=135  avg= 15.3% actual= 16.3%
20- 30%  n=330  avg= 26.3% actual= 23.3%
30- 40%  n=282  avg= 33.7% actual= 33.0%
40- 50%  n=86   avg= 44.9% actual= 54.7%
50- 60%  n=53   avg= 53.6% actual= 64.2%
60- 70%  n=14   avg= 65.4% actual= 64.3%
70- 80%  n=8    avg= 74.0% actual= 50.0%

BTTS · ECE 2.32%

30- 40%  n=3    avg= 37.8% actual= 33.3%
40- 50%  n=91   avg= 46.9% actual= 44.0%
50- 60%  n=829  avg= 54.1% actual= 52.1%
60- 70%  n=17   avg= 61.6% actual= 47.1%

Over 2.5 · ECE 5.06%

30- 40%  n=6    avg= 38.5% actual= 50.0%
40- 50%  n=481  avg= 48.7% actual= 51.8%
50- 60%  n=401  avg= 53.0% actual= 60.1%
60- 70%  n=40   avg= 63.5% actual= 60.0%
70- 80%  n=11   avg= 73.8% actual= 54.5%
80- 90%  n=1    avg= 82.7% actual=100.0%

Walk-forward - latest periods

Period	N	Model 1X2 LL	Baseline 1X2 LL	Improvement
2025-10	23	1.0089	1.0453	+3.48%
2025-11	22	0.9725	1.1161	+12.87%
2025-12	34	0.9366	1.0299	+9.06%
2026-01	25	0.8051	1.0731	+24.98%
2026-02	29	0.9630	1.0379	+7.22%
2026-03	16	1.1526	1.0513	-9.63%
2026-04	18	0.9239	1.0121	+8.72%
2026-05	24	1.0380	1.0573	+1.82%
2026-07	1	1.6304	1.3147	-24.01%
2026-08	18	0.9214	1.0569	+12.82%
2026-09	23	1.0485	1.1083	+5.40%
2026-10	6	0.8378	1.0221	+18.03%

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Hibernian vsFalkirk

Match probabilities.

Most likely scorelines.

Strength and recent form.

Hibernian

Falkirk

Historical matchup context.

Total goals profile.

How the model reached the estimate.

Hibernian

Falkirk

Hibernian

Falkirk

Historical model performance.

Home win · ECE 5.29%

Draw · ECE 3.10%

Away win · ECE 3.20%

BTTS · ECE 2.32%

Over 2.5 · ECE 5.06%

Football is data.

Hibernian vs
Falkirk