Manningham United Blues vs Moreland Zebras — Victoria NPL 2 2021
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 32+ matches
Manningham United Blues36%
Moreland Zebras41%✓ 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 54 home / 32 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over62
- Under38
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes64
- No36
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Manningham United Blues ↓
Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Manningham United Blues at home — creates 1.70, concedes 1.91 · 54 matches
Moreland Zebras away — creates 1.44, concedes 1.41 · 32 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Manningham United Blues attack 1.70 + Moreland Zebras defence 1.41 → ÷2 → 1.55
Moreland Zebras attack 1.44 + Manningham United Blues defence 1.91 → ÷2 → 1.67
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 41%?"
Moreland Zebras at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Moreland Zebras 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
Head to Head
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Moreland 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
Manningham United Blues host Moreland Zebras on Saturday, 13 August 2022 at 05:00. The match is part of the Victoria NPL 2 2021/2022 season.
Manningham United Blues 1 – 2 Moreland Zebras
Moreland Zebras beat Manningham United Blues 2-1 in Victoria NPL 2 on August 13, 2022.
The match was played at Pettys Reserve Pitch 1 in Melbourne.