Gold Coast United vs Magpies Crusaders — Queensland NPL 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 30+ matches
Gold Coast United59%
Magpies Crusaders21%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
Gold Coast United creates 75% more chances
Season form · 92 home / 30 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over67
- Under33
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes64
- No36
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Gold Coast United ↓
Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Gold Coast United at home — creates 1.51, concedes 1.42 · 92 matches
Magpies Crusaders away — creates 1.10, concedes 2.90 · 30 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Gold Coast United attack 1.51 + Magpies Crusaders defence 2.90 → ÷2 → 2.21
Magpies Crusaders attack 1.10 + Gold Coast United defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.26
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 59%?"
Gold Coast United at 59% 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 59% does not mean "Gold Coast United 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
Peninsula Power
Olympic
Gold Coast Knights
Lions
Moreton Bay United
Brisbane Roar II
Eastern Suburbs
Brisbane Strikers
SC Wanderers
Redlands UnitedGold Coast United
Capalaba
Brisbane CityMagpies CrusadersIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Gold Coast United host Magpies Crusaders on Saturday, 7 March 2020 at 08:00. The match is part of the Queensland NPL 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Gold Coast United vs Magpies Crusaders
Gold Coast United beat Magpies Crusaders 2-1 in Queensland NPL on March 7, 2020.
The match was played at Coplick Family Sports Park Tallebudgera in Gold Coast.