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Northcote City vs Eastern Lions — Victoria NPL 2 2026

Northcote City
Northcote City
FT
2 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Eastern Lions
Eastern Lions
6/21/2024Victoria NPL 2Victoria NPL 2 · Round 19John Cain Memorial Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 39+ matches

Northcote City54%
×Draw22%
Eastern Lions24%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Northcote City
1.96
Eastern Lions
1.23

Northcote City creates 59% more chances

Season form · 68 home / 39 away

creates per match

Northcote City
1.81
Eastern Lions
1.21

allows per match

Northcote City
1.24
Eastern Lions
2.10

finishing

Northcote City+0.00on par
Eastern Lions+0.00on par

Total goals

62%Over
  • Over62
  • Under38

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

61%Yes
  • Yes61
  • No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Northcote City ↓

Eastern Lions →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–04%
0–15%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–08%
1–110%
1–26%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–110%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–16%
3–24%
3–32%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–13%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
83%17%2.5
62%38%3.5
39%61%4.5
21%79%

Double chance

Northcote City or draw
76%
Northcote City or Eastern Lions
78%
Draw or Eastern Lions
46%

Winning margin

Northcote City wins by 2+
31%
Eastern Lions wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Northcote City 1+ goals
86%
Northcote City 2+ goals
58%
Northcote City 3+ goals
31%
Eastern Lions 1+ goals
71%
Eastern Lions 2+ goals
35%
Eastern Lions 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Northcote City (draw refunded)
69%
Eastern Lions (draw refunded)
31%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
51%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Northcote City at home — creates 1.81, concedes 1.24 · 68 matches

Eastern Lions away — creates 1.21, concedes 2.10 · 39 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Northcote City attack 1.81 + Eastern Lions defence 2.10 → ÷2 → 1.96

Eastern Lions attack 1.21 + Northcote City defence 1.24 → ÷2 → 1.23

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 54%?"

Northcote City scores more
54%
level
22%
Eastern Lions scores more
24%

Northcote City at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Northcote 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

Victoria NPL 2: Northcote City 2–0 Eastern Lions

Northcote City beat Eastern Lions 2-0 in Victoria NPL 2 on June 21, 2024.

The match was played at John Cain Memorial Reserve in Melbourne.