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Dandenong City vs Preston Lions — Victoria NPL 2 2021

Dandenong City
Dandenong City
FT
1 – 4
Preston Lions
Preston Lions
3/3/2023Victoria NPL 2Victoria NPL 2 · Round 3Frank Holohan Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 13+ matches

Dandenong City47%
×Draw23%
Preston Lions29%
✓ 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
Preston Lions
1.35

Dandenong City creates 31% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 26 away

creates per match

Dandenong City
2.08
Preston Lions
1.85

allows per match

Dandenong City
0.85
Preston Lions
1.46

finishing

Dandenong City+0.00on par
Preston Lions+0.00on par

Total goals

60%Over
  • Over60
  • Under40

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

61%Yes
  • Yes61
  • No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Dandenong City ↓

Preston Lions →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–04%
0–16%
0–24%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–111%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–16%
3–24%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
82%18%2.5
60%40%3.5
38%62%4.5
20%80%

Double chance

Dandenong City or draw
71%
Dandenong City or Preston Lions
77%
Draw or Preston Lions
53%

Winning margin

Dandenong City wins by 2+
26%
Preston Lions wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Dandenong City 1+ goals
83%
Dandenong City 2+ goals
53%
Dandenong City 3+ goals
26%
Preston Lions 1+ goals
74%
Preston Lions 2+ goals
39%
Preston Lions 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

Dandenong City (draw refunded)
62%
Preston Lions (draw refunded)
38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
51%
Both score & under 3
11%

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 home — creates 2.08, concedes 0.85 · 13 matches

Preston Lions away — creates 1.85, concedes 1.46 · 26 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 + Preston Lions defence 1.46 → ÷2 → 1.77

Preston Lions attack 1.85 + Dandenong City defence 0.85 → ÷2 → 1.35

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 47%?"

Dandenong City scores more
47%
level
23%
Preston Lions scores more
29%

Dandenong City at 47% 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 47% 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

Match Recap: Dandenong City vs Preston Lions

Preston Lions beat Dandenong City 4-1 in Victoria NPL 2 on March 3, 2023.

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