Melbourne Srbija 1–2 Bentleigh Greens

Melbourne Srbija

FT

1 – 2

HT: 0 – 0

Bentleigh Greens

6/7/2025

Victoria NPL 2 · Round 17Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 23+ matches

Melbourne Srbija43%

×Draw25%

Bentleigh Greens32%

✓ 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.

Melbourne SrbijaExpected goals in this matchBentleigh Greens

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.

1.58

1.34

Melbourne Srbija

1.58

Bentleigh Greens

1.34

Melbourne Srbija creates 18% more chances

Season form · 23 home / 26 away

1.74

creates per match

1.42

1.26

allows per match

1.42

creates per match

Melbourne Srbija

1.74

Bentleigh Greens

1.42

allows per match

Melbourne Srbija

1.26

Bentleigh Greens

1.42

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Melbourne Srbija+0.00on par

Bentleigh Greens+0.00on par

Total goals

Over56
Under44

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes59
No41

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Melbourne Srbija ↓

Bentleigh Greens →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–05%

0–17%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–09%

1–111%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–15%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–21%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

95%5%1.5

79%21%2.5

56%44%3.5

33%67%4.5

17%83%

Double chance

Melbourne Srbija or draw

68%

Melbourne Srbija or Bentleigh Greens

75%

Draw or Bentleigh Greens

57%

Winning margin

Melbourne Srbija wins by 2+

22%

Bentleigh Greens wins by 2+

14%

Team goals

Melbourne Srbija 1+ goals

79%

Melbourne Srbija 2+ goals

47%

Melbourne Srbija 3+ goals

21%

Bentleigh Greens 1+ goals

74%

Bentleigh Greens 2+ goals

39%

Bentleigh Greens 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Melbourne Srbija (draw refunded)

57%

Bentleigh Greens (draw refunded)

43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

47%

Both score & under 3

11%

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 Srbija at home — creates 1.74, concedes 1.26 · 23 matches

Bentleigh Greens away — creates 1.42, concedes 1.42 · 26 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 Srbija attack 1.74 + Bentleigh Greens defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.58

Bentleigh Greens attack 1.42 + Melbourne Srbija defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.34

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 43%?"

Melbourne Srbija scores more

43%

level

25%

Bentleigh Greens scores more

32%

Melbourne Srbija at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Melbourne Srbija 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