Adelaide Cobras vs Pontian Eagles — South Australia State League 1 2021
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 11+ matches
Adelaide Cobras71%
Pontian Eagles12%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Adelaide Cobras creates 165% more chances
Season form · 54 home / 11 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over68
- Under32
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Adelaide Cobras ↓
Most likely 2–0 (10%) · grid covers 89% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Adelaide Cobras at home — creates 1.41, concedes 1.57 · 54 matches
Pontian Eagles away — creates 0.36, concedes 3.73 · 11 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Adelaide Cobras attack 1.41 + Pontian Eagles defence 3.73 → ÷2 → 2.57
Pontian Eagles attack 0.36 + Adelaide Cobras defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 0.97
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 71%?"
Adelaide Cobras at 71% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 71% does not mean "Adelaide Cobras will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
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South Adelaide PanthersIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Adelaide Cobras host Pontian Eagles on Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 09:45. The match is part of the South Australia State League 1 2021/2022 season.
South Australia State League 1: Adelaide Cobras 4–0 Pontian Eagles
Adelaide Cobras beat Pontian Eagles 4-0 in South Australia State League 1 on March 18, 2025.
The match was played at Pro Paint & Panel Oval in Plympton.