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Dandenong City vs Melbourne City IIVictoria NPL 2 2021

6/30/2023Victoria NPL 2Victoria NPL 2 · Round 20Frank Holohan Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 13+ matches

Dandenong City45%
×Draw23%
Melbourne City II31%
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.

Dandenong City
1.77
Melbourne City II
1.44

Dandenong City creates 23% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 39 away

creates per match

Dandenong City
2.08
Melbourne City II
2.03

allows per match

Dandenong City
0.85
Melbourne City II
1.46

finishing

Dandenong City+0.00on par
Melbourne City II+0.00on par

Total goals

62%Over
  • Over62
  • Under38

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

63%Yes
  • Yes63
  • No37

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Dandenong City

Melbourne City II
0
1
2
3
4
0
004%
016%
024%
032%
041%
1
107%
1110%
127%
134%
141%
2
206%
219%
227%
233%
241%
3
304%
315%
324%
332%
341%
4
402%
412%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
83%17%2.5
62%38%3.5
40%60%4.5
22%78%

Double chance

Dandenong City or draw
69%
Dandenong City or Melbourne City II
77%
Draw or Melbourne City II
55%

Winning margin

Dandenong City wins by 2+
24%
Melbourne City II wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Dandenong City 1+ goals
83%
Dandenong City 2+ goals
53%
Dandenong City 3+ goals
26%
Melbourne City II 1+ goals
76%
Melbourne City II 2+ goals
42%
Melbourne City II 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Dandenong City (draw refunded)
59%
Melbourne City II (draw refunded)
41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
53%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Dandenong City at homecreates 2.08, concedes 0.85 · 13 matches

Melbourne City II awaycreates 2.03, concedes 1.46 · 39 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Dandenong City attack 2.08 + Melbourne City II defence 1.46 → ÷2 → 1.77

Melbourne City II attack 2.03 + Dandenong City defence 0.85 → ÷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 45%?"

Dandenong City scores more
45%
level
23%
Melbourne City II scores more
31%

Dandenong City at 45% 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 45% does not mean "Dandenong City 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

Dandenong City 1 – 0 Melbourne City II

Dandenong City beat Melbourne City II 1-0 in Victoria NPL 2 on June 30, 2023.

The match was played at Frank Holohan Reserve in Endeavour Hills.