Manly United vs Blacktown City — New South Wales NPL 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 96+ matches
Manly United36%
Blacktown City39%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 98 home / 96 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over54
- Under46
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes58
- No42
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Manly United ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% 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
Manly United at home — creates 1.37, concedes 1.23 · 98 matches
Blacktown City away — creates 1.67, concedes 1.43 · 96 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Manly United attack 1.37 + Blacktown City defence 1.43 → ÷2 → 1.40
Blacktown City attack 1.67 + Manly United defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.45
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 39%?"
Blacktown City 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 "Blacktown 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
Wollongong Wolves
APIA Leichhardt TigersBlacktown City
Sydney United
Marconi Stallions
Sydney Olympic
Mt Druitt Town
Sutherland SharksManly United
Rockdale City Suns
Sydney II
Hakoah Sydney CityIf 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
Manly United host Blacktown City on Saturday, 30 May 2026 at 07:00. The match is part of the New South Wales NPL 2026/2027 season.
New South Wales NPL: Manly United 0–0 Blacktown City
Manly United and Blacktown City drew 0-0 in New South Wales NPL on May 30, 2026.
The match was played at Cromer Park in Sydney.