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Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne VictoryA-League 2018

1/15/2019A-LeagueA-League · Round 15Suncorp Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 107+ matches

Brisbane Roar FC36%
×Draw25%
Melbourne Victory39%
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.

Brisbane Roar FC
1.37
Melbourne Victory
1.44

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 107 home / 109 away

creates per match

Brisbane Roar FC
1.30
Melbourne Victory
1.36

allows per match

Brisbane Roar FC
1.52
Melbourne Victory
1.44

finishing

Brisbane Roar FC+0.00on par
Melbourne Victory+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Over
  • Over53
  • Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

57%Yes
  • Yes57
  • No43

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Brisbane Roar FC

Melbourne Victory
0
1
2
3
4
0
006%
019%
026%
033%
041%
1
108%
1112%
129%
134%
141%
2
206%
218%
226%
233%
241%
3
303%
314%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
77%23%2.5
53%47%3.5
31%69%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Brisbane Roar FC or draw
61%
Brisbane Roar FC or Melbourne Victory
75%
Draw or Melbourne Victory
64%

Winning margin

Brisbane Roar FC wins by 2+
16%
Melbourne Victory wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Brisbane Roar FC 1+ goals
75%
Brisbane Roar FC 2+ goals
40%
Brisbane Roar FC 3+ goals
16%
Melbourne Victory 1+ goals
76%
Melbourne Victory 2+ goals
42%
Melbourne Victory 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Brisbane Roar FC (draw refunded)
48%
Melbourne Victory (draw refunded)
52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
45%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Brisbane Roar FC at homecreates 1.30, concedes 1.52 · 107 matches

Melbourne Victory awaycreates 1.36, concedes 1.44 · 109 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Brisbane Roar FC attack 1.30 + Melbourne Victory defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.37

Melbourne Victory attack 1.36 + Brisbane Roar FC defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.44

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 39%?"

Brisbane Roar FC scores more
36%
level
25%
Melbourne Victory scores more
39%

Melbourne Victory at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Melbourne Victory 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: Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory beat Brisbane Roar FC 5-0 in A-League on January 15, 2019.

The match was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.