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Melbourne City II vs Kingston CityVictoria NPL 2 2021

Melbourne City II
Melbourne City II
FT
60
HT: 20
Kingston City
Kingston City
8/17/2025Victoria NPL 2Victoria NPL 2 · Round 25Casey Fields - Pitch 4

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 40+ matches

Melbourne City II50%
×Draw20%
Kingston City30%
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.

Melbourne City II
2.29
Kingston City
1.75

Melbourne City II creates 31% more chances

Season form · 40 home / 57 away

creates per match

Melbourne City II
2.42
Kingston City
1.74

allows per match

Melbourne City II
1.77
Kingston City
2.16

finishing

Melbourne City II+0.00on par
Kingston City+0.00on par

Total goals

77%Over
  • Over77
  • Under23

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

74%Yes
  • Yes74
  • No26

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Melbourne City II

Kingston City
0
1
2
3
4
0
002%
013%
023%
032%
041%
1
104%
117%
126%
134%
142%
2
205%
218%
227%
234%
242%
3
304%
316%
325%
333%
341%
4
402%
414%
423%
432%
441%

Most likely 2–1 (8%) · grid covers 90% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
98%2%1.5
91%9%2.5
77%23%3.5
57%43%4.5
37%63%

Double chance

Melbourne City II or draw
70%
Melbourne City II or Kingston City
80%
Draw or Kingston City
50%

Winning margin

Melbourne City II wins by 2+
30%
Kingston City wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Melbourne City II 1+ goals
90%
Melbourne City II 2+ goals
66%
Melbourne City II 3+ goals
40%
Kingston City 1+ goals
83%
Kingston City 2+ goals
52%
Kingston City 3+ goals
25%

Draw no bet

Melbourne City II (draw refunded)
63%
Kingston City (draw refunded)
37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
67%
Both score & under 3
7%

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

Melbourne City II at homecreates 2.42, concedes 1.77 · 40 matches

Kingston City awaycreates 1.74, concedes 2.16 · 57 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Melbourne City II attack 2.42 + Kingston City defence 2.16 → ÷2 → 2.29

Kingston City attack 1.74 + Melbourne City II defence 1.77 → ÷2 → 1.75

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 50%?"

Melbourne City II scores more
50%
level
20%
Kingston City scores more
30%

Melbourne City II at 50% 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 50% does not mean "Melbourne City II 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

Melbourne City II 6 – 0 Kingston City

Melbourne City II beat Kingston City 6-0 in Victoria NPL 2 on August 17, 2025.

The match was played at Casey Fields - Pitch 4 in Melbourne.