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Adelaide United II vs West AdelaideSouth Australia NPL 2026

8/11/2023South Australia NPLSouth Australia NPL · Round 22Southern Soccer Facility

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 29+ matches

Adelaide United II53%
×Draw21%
West Adelaide26%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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 United II
2.06
West Adelaide
1.40

Adelaide United II creates 47% more chances

Season form · 85 home / 29 away

creates per match

Adelaide United II
1.95
West Adelaide
1.00

allows per match

Adelaide United II
1.79
West Adelaide
2.17

finishing

Adelaide United II+0.00on par
West Adelaide+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Over
  • Over67
  • Under33

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

66%Yes
  • Yes66
  • No34

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Adelaide United II

West Adelaide
0
1
2
3
4
0
003%
014%
023%
031%
041%
1
107%
119%
126%
133%
141%
2
207%
219%
227%
233%
241%
3
305%
316%
325%
332%
341%
4
402%
413%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (9%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
86%14%2.5
67%33%3.5
45%55%4.5
26%74%

Double chance

Adelaide United II or draw
74%
Adelaide United II or West Adelaide
79%
Draw or West Adelaide
47%

Winning margin

Adelaide United II wins by 2+
31%
West Adelaide wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Adelaide United II 1+ goals
87%
Adelaide United II 2+ goals
61%
Adelaide United II 3+ goals
34%
West Adelaide 1+ goals
75%
West Adelaide 2+ goals
41%
West Adelaide 3+ goals
17%

Draw no bet

Adelaide United II (draw refunded)
67%
West Adelaide (draw refunded)
33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
57%
Both score & under 3
9%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Adelaide United II at homecreates 1.95, concedes 1.79 · 85 matches

West Adelaide awaycreates 1.00, concedes 2.17 · 29 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Adelaide United II attack 1.95 + West Adelaide defence 2.17 → ÷2 → 2.06

West Adelaide attack 1.00 + Adelaide United II defence 1.79 → ÷2 → 1.40

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 53%?"

Adelaide United II scores more
53%
level
21%
West Adelaide scores more
26%

Adelaide United II at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Adelaide United II 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

Match Recap: Adelaide United II vs West Adelaide

Adelaide United II beat West Adelaide 3-1 in South Australia NPL on August 11, 2023.

The match was played at Southern Soccer Facility in Adelaide.