Sporting Nebraska FC
ECNL Regional League Boys · Heartland BU17 · 6 teams · Sporting Nebraska FC (all teams)
Next game — Sat Oct 31, TBD
Venue TBD
●●●●○ Tough to win
Most likely score 2–2 (expected goals 2.3 for, 2.4 against · 1.40 expected points)
| Season so far | Sporting Nebraska FC | FC United Iowa |
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| Position | 3rd | 4th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 4-0-3 | 3-0-3 |
| Points per game | 1.71 | 1.50 |
| Goals for / game | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| Goals against / game | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 2 |
| Held scoreless | 2 | 0 |
| Form (recent first) | W L W L W | W L L W L |
| Biggest win | 5–2 at Sporting Iowa Central | 8–0 at Sporting Iowa Strikers |
| Worst loss | 0–4 at VSA Rush | 1–5 at VSA Rush |
| Model rating (net goals vs avg) | +0.20 | +0.59 |
| Schedule faced (avg opp. rating) | +0.29 | -0.65 |
Already played this season: Sun Sep 27 2–3 at FC United Iowa (L)
Common opponents: VSA Rush — we 0–4, 0–2; they 1–5. Sporting Iowa Central — we 5–2, 2–1; they 2–3. Sporting Iowa Strikers — we 4–1; they 8–0, 6–0. Gretna Elite Academy — we 1–0; they 1–3.
Game plan
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Respect their attack
FC United Iowa score 3.5/game — well above the league's 2.2.Deny the easy goals first: compact shape between the lines, no fouls in shooting range, and a plan for their best outlet. Score first and make them chase.
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Finishing wins the tight ones
Held scoreless 2 time(s): 0–4 at VSA Rush, 0–2 vs VSA Rush.Against a low block, the first goal usually comes from a cross or a cut-back, not a dribble. Get 2–3 bodies in the box on every wide entry and finish practice this week at game speed.
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Underdog — play free, stay organised
Model gives 40%; a draw (19%) would be a good result.Keep the shape compact, make them play in front of you, and hit space behind their full-backs on transitions. A point here is a win for the table; a win is a season-changer.
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What a win does
Sporting Iowa Central sit 2nd on 1.71 PPG; we are on 1.71.A point moves us above Sporting Iowa Central on PPG (if they don't play). GD is the next tiebreak, so every goal matters — keep attacking with a lead.
If Saturday goes…
Where we'd sit after the FC United Iowa game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Sporting Nebraska FC – FC United Iowa) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 3 other games that week (Mon Oct 26 – Sun Nov 1); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.
| Our result | Rivals don't play | Likely results | Every rival wins |
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| – Draw · 1.63 PPG |
3rd— holds | 2nd▲ up 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
| Win 1.88 PPG |
2nd▲ up 1 | 2nd▲ up 1 | 3rd— holds |
| Draw 1.63 PPG |
3rd— holds | 2nd▲ up 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
| Loss 1.50 PPG |
4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 | 4th▼ down 1 |
Can we move up this round? Yes. With a 2–2 draw we finish as high as 2nd if every rival drops points, and as low as 4th if every rival wins.
Where we finish
2,000 simulated seasons
- 1st
- 2nd 42%
- 3rd 33%
- 4th 20%
- 5th 5%
- 6th
Every remaining game in the division is played out with the forecast's goal odds, 2,000 times, and the table is re-sorted each time. Green marks the top 4.
Climbing the table
What it takes to pass each team above us, from our 3 remaining known games (max 2.10 PPG if we win out).
| # | Team | PPG | Proj. | To pass them |
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| 1 | VSA Rush | 2.75 (+1.04) | 1st (2.65) | 16 of 9 pts to pass their current pace, 15 for their projection — out of reach on the known schedule |
| 2 | Sporting Iowa Central | 1.71 (+0.00) | 3rd (1.67) | A point next game |
How the results connect
42 chains · 6 teams
Paths of results that link Sporting Nebraska FC to FC United Iowa through teams both have faced, drawn as one map. Teams sit in columns by how many games away from us they are. Each arrow is one game, pointing away from us, and its colour is the result for the team it starts from. Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain and see its net goal margin.
Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain, or step through them with the arrows. Open full screen and turn your phone to see the whole map.
Step through the chains with the arrows, or tap one on the map.
Position over the season
12 game days
The table re-sorted after each date on which a game was played. Shaded band is the top 4.
The path
run-in difficulty -0.90 · 5th hardest of 6
| Date | Opponent | Where | Difficulty | Win | Likely | Exp. pts | Run. PPG | Priority |
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| Sat Oct 31 TBD |
FC United Iowa 4th · 3-0-3 · GD +8 |
Home |
●●●●○ Tough | 40% |
2–2 | 1.40 | 1.68 | Upside |
| Sun Nov 1 TBD |
Sporting Iowa Strikers 6th · 0-0-7 · GD -41 |
Home |
●○○○○ Favorable | 94% |
4–0 | 2.87 | 1.81 | Bank it |
| Sat Nov 7 02:00 PM |
Gretna Elite Academy 5th · 2-1-4 · GD +3 |
Away far trip
Pinnacle Bank Soccer Complex ( Gretna Soccer Compl |
●●●●○ Tough | 31% |
1–2 | 1.13 | 1.74 | Upside |
"Far trip" = the venue's zip is outside our home sectional area (first three digits), a rough travel flag, not a distance. Venue names open in Google Maps. "Bank it" = expected win, dropping points here hurts most. "Swing game" = near coin-flip, where the finish is decided. "Upside" = underdog, nothing to lose. Running PPG assumes the expected points from every game up to that row.
Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Form | SoS | Run-in | Top 4 | Exp. finish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | VSA Rush | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 22 | 2.75 | WWWDW | -0.66 | +0.59 | 100% | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Nov 1 vs Sporting Iowa Central · Sun Nov 8 at FC United Iowa See all 2 future matchups ▸
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| 2 | Sporting Iowa Central | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 | 1.71 | LWWLW | -0.03 | -0.43 | 98% | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sun Nov 1 at VSA Rush · Sat Nov 7 at FC United Iowa · Sat Nov 7 at Sporting Iowa Strikers See all 3 future matchups ▸
Likely score and win chance are the model's view from this team's side. |
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| 3 | Sporting Nebraska FC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 12 | 1.71 | WLWLW | +0.29 | -0.90 | 95% | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 vs FC United Iowa · Sun Nov 1 vs Sporting Iowa Strikers · Sat Nov 7 at Gretna Elite Academy See all 3 future matchups ▸
Likely score and win chance are the model's view from this team's side. |
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| 4 | FC United Iowa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 9 | 1.50 | LWLLW | -0.65 | +0.76 | 59% | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 at Sporting Nebraska FC · Sun Nov 1 at Gretna Elite Academy · Sat Nov 7 vs Sporting Iowa Central See all 4 future matchups ▸
Likely score and win chance are the model's view from this team's side. |
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| 5 | Gretna Elite Academy | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 7 | 1.00 | WWDLL | +0.24 | -0.97 | 48% | 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 vs Sporting Iowa Strikers · Sun Nov 1 vs FC United Iowa · Sat Nov 7 vs Sporting Nebraska FC See all 3 future matchups ▸
Likely score and win chance are the model's view from this team's side. |
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| 6 | Sporting Iowa Strikers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 43 | -41 | 0 | 0.00 | LLLLL | +0.87 | +0.41 | 0% | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 31 at Gretna Elite Academy · Sun Nov 1 at Sporting Nebraska FC · Sat Nov 7 vs Sporting Iowa Central See all 3 future matchups ▸
Likely score and win chance are the model's view from this team's side. |
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Tap a team to see every game it has played (opponent's current position in brackets) and what's next. Ordered the way the league publishes it: points per game, then goal difference. The green edge marks the top 4. SoS is strength of schedule, the average model rating of opponents faced — positive means a harder road than average. "Top 4" and "Exp. finish" come from playing the rest of the season 2,000 times with the forecast model.
How the forecast works: every played game feeds each team's attack and defence rating, adjusted for who it was against — a goal past a strong defence counts for more than one past a weak one. Ratings are shrunk toward the league average (2.18 goals per team per game) by 3 "prior" games so early blowouts don't dominate, and results older than about 120 days count half. Expected goals for a matchup multiply those, with a 8% home bump, and a Poisson score grid gives win/draw/loss odds.