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Gold Coast Knights vs Gold Coast UnitedQueensland NPL 2026

W. Peck 5'
5/7/2022Queensland NPLQueensland NPL · Round 9Gold Coast Croatian Sports Centre 1

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 86+ matches

Gold Coast Knights55%
×Draw21%
Gold Coast United23%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Gold Coast Knights
2.06
Gold Coast United
1.27

Gold Coast Knights creates 62% more chances

Season form · 96 home / 86 away

creates per match

Gold Coast Knights
2.25
Gold Coast United
1.50

allows per match

Gold Coast Knights
1.04
Gold Coast United
1.88

finishing

Gold Coast Knights+0.00on par
Gold Coast United+0.00on par

Total goals

64%Over
  • Over64
  • Under36

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

63%Yes
  • Yes63
  • No37

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Gold Coast Knights

Gold Coast United
0
1
2
3
4
0
004%
015%
023%
031%
040%
1
107%
119%
126%
133%
141%
2
208%
2110%
226%
233%
241%
3
305%
317%
324%
332%
341%
4
403%
413%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
84%16%2.5
64%36%3.5
42%58%4.5
24%76%

Double chance

Gold Coast Knights or draw
77%
Gold Coast Knights or Gold Coast United
79%
Draw or Gold Coast United
45%

Winning margin

Gold Coast Knights wins by 2+
33%
Gold Coast United wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Gold Coast Knights 1+ goals
87%
Gold Coast Knights 2+ goals
61%
Gold Coast Knights 3+ goals
34%
Gold Coast United 1+ goals
72%
Gold Coast United 2+ goals
36%
Gold Coast United 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Gold Coast Knights (draw refunded)
70%
Gold Coast United (draw refunded)
30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
53%
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

Gold Coast Knights at homecreates 2.25, concedes 1.04 · 96 matches

Gold Coast United awaycreates 1.50, concedes 1.88 · 86 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Gold Coast Knights attack 2.25 + Gold Coast United defence 1.88 → ÷2 → 2.06

Gold Coast United attack 1.50 + Gold Coast Knights defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 1.27

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 55%?"

Gold Coast Knights scores more
55%
level
21%
Gold Coast United scores more
23%

Gold Coast Knights at 55% 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 55% does not mean "Gold Coast Knights 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.

Gold
Gold
S. McDonald
Manager: S. McDonald
20'J. WalkerM. Schmidt
56'M. NicholsM. Muratovic
64'C. TipaldoK. Brymora

Gold Coast Knights substitutes

G. Piddick
Manager: G. Piddick
59'J. McKayS. Smith
79'J. DearnR. Thomson-King
79'L. RemmersL. Goulding
79'O. DearnP. OBrien

Gold Coast United substitutes

Gold Coast Knights 1 – 0 Gold Coast United

Gold Coast Knights beat Gold Coast United 1-0 in Queensland NPL on May 7, 2022.

Goals: W. Peck (5').

The match was played at Gold Coast Croatian Sports Centre 1 in Gold Coast.