Manta Pre
Pre-ECNL Girls · Pre- Ohio Valley GU11 (2015-2016) · 10 teams · Manta United Soccer Club (all teams)
Next game — Sat Nov 7, 11:00 AM
Northern Steel Beacon Soccer Complex, Field 1 ↗ far trip
●●●○○ Toss-up to win
Most likely score 2–1 (expected goals 2.0 for, 1.7 against · 1.59 expected points)
| Season so far | Manta Pre | Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion |
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| Position | 1st | 2nd |
| Record (W-D-L) | 8-0-0 | 5-0-1 |
| Points per game | 3.00 | 2.50 |
| Goals for / game | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Goals against / game | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Clean sheets | 5 | 4 |
| Held scoreless | 0 | 1 |
| Form (recent first) | W W W W W | W W W W W |
| Biggest win | 10–0 vs North FC Pre- West | 5–0 at Kings Hammer SC Columbus |
| Worst loss | — | 0–1 vs GTFC Impact Girls Pre |
| Model rating (net goals vs avg) | +3.02 | +2.09 |
| Schedule faced (avg opp. rating) | -0.59 | -0.43 |
Common opponents: WNY Flash Rochester Pre — we 6–0; they 5–0. GTFC Impact Girls Pre — we 6–0; they 0–1. TCFC North Pre — we 3–2; they 3–2. Kings Hammer SC Columbus — we 3–0; they 5–0. Ohio Premier Pre- Sears — we 5–1; they 5–0. Ohio Premier Pre- UA — we 5–0; they 5–0.
Game plan
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Respect their attack
Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion score 3.8/game — well above the league's 2.0.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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Hard to break down
Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion concede only 0.5/game with 4 clean sheet(s).Patience and width: move the ball quickly side to side to pull the block apart, and treat set pieces as your best chance — rehearse two corner routines and a near-post free-kick delivery.
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Swing game — small margins
Win 46% / draw 21% / loss 33%.Games like this are decided by one set piece or one transition. Prioritise the strongest XI for the full game, be disciplined with fouls near the box, and have a clear late-game plan for both "protect the lead" and "chase".
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They arrive in form
Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion have won 5 straight.Don't let them settle: deny the first 10 minutes of rhythm with pressure on their first pass out of the back.
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Away game
Kickoff 11:00 AM at Northern Steel Beacon Soccer Complex.Arrive 75 minutes early to see the surface and goal size; plan a longer dynamic warm-up after a drive. Away wins are worth the same 3 points — keep the routine identical to home.
If Saturday goes…
Where we'd sit after the Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Manta Pre – Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 1 other games that week (Mon Nov 2 – Sun Nov 8); 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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| – Win · 3.00 PPG |
1st— holds | 1st— holds | 1st— holds |
| Win 3.00 PPG |
1st— holds | 1st— holds | 1st— holds |
| Draw 2.78 PPG |
1st— holds | 1st— holds | 1st— holds |
| Loss 2.67 PPG |
1st— holds | 1st— holds | 1st— holds |
Can we move up this round? No. With a 2–1 win we stay 1st even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.
Where we finish
2,000 simulated seasons
- 1st 99%
- 2nd 1%
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- 9th
- 10th
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
Top of the table. The job is to stay there: see the path below for where points are most at risk.
How the results connect
46 chains · 8 teams
Paths of results that link Manta Pre to Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion 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
18 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 +2.09 · 1st hardest of 6
| Date | Opponent | Where | Difficulty | Win | Likely | Exp. pts | Run. PPG | Priority |
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| Sat Nov 7 11:00 AM |
Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion 2nd · 5-0-1 · GD +20 |
Away far trip
Northern Steel Beacon Soccer Complex |
●●●○○ Toss-up | 46% |
2–1 | 1.59 | 2.84 | Swing game |
"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 | Manta Pre | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | +37 | 24 | 3.00 | WWWWW | -0.59 | +2.09 | 100% | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Nov 7 at Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion See all 1 future matchup ▸
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| 2 | Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 15 | 2.50 | WWWWW | -0.43 | +0.21 | 100% | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs North FC Pre- West · Sat Nov 7 vs Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy Pre · Sat Nov 7 vs Manta Pre See all 3 future matchups ▸
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| 3 | TCFC North Pre | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 15 | 1.67 | WDWLD | -0.04 | — | 100% | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | GTFC Impact Girls Pre | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 14 | 1.56 | WLWLD | -0.01 | — | 44% | 4.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | Ohio Premier Pre- UA | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 12 | 1.50 | LWLLW | +0.17 | -0.02 | 38% | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy Pre See all 1 future matchup ▸
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| 6 | Kings Hammer SC Columbus | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 | 1.44 | WLWWL | +0.07 | — | 0% | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 7 | Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy Pre | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 8 | 1.33 | DLWLD | -0.06 | +0.23 | 18% | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Ohio Premier Pre- Sears · Sat Oct 24 at Ohio Premier Pre- UA · Sat Nov 7 at Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion See all 3 future matchups ▸
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| 8 | Ohio Premier Pre- Sears | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 7 | 0.88 | WLLLL | +0.27 | -0.02 | 0% | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 vs Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy Pre See all 1 future matchup ▸
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| 9 | WNY Flash Rochester Pre | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 5 | 0.56 | LLWLD | +0.15 | — | 0% | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | North FC Pre- West | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 34 | -27 | 1 | 0.13 | LLLDL | +0.06 | +2.09 | 0% | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next: Sat Oct 24 at Northern Steel Select Soccer Xplosion See all 1 future matchup ▸
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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 (1.98 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.