Playford City Patriots 4–0 Western Strikers

Playford City Patriots

FT

4 – 0

HT: 2 – 0

Western Strikers

5/18/2024

South Australia State League 1 · Round 11Ramsay Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 22+ matches

Playford City Patriots57%

×Draw22%

Western Strikers22%

✓ 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.

Playford City PatriotsExpected goals in this matchWestern Strikers

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.

2.01

1.17

Playford City Patriots

2.01

Western Strikers

1.17

Playford City Patriots creates 72% more chances

Season form · 45 home / 22 away

2.07

creates per match

1.05

1.29

allows per match

1.95

creates per match

Playford City Patriots

2.07

Western Strikers

1.05

allows per match

Playford City Patriots

1.29

Western Strikers

1.95

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Playford City Patriots+0.00on par

Western Strikers+0.00on par

Total goals

Over61
Under39

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes60
No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Playford City Patriots ↓

Western Strikers →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–15%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–08%

1–110%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–110%

2–26%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–06%

3–17%

3–24%

3–32%

3–40%

4

4–03%

4–13%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

83%17%2.5

61%39%3.5

39%61%4.5

21%79%

Double chance

Playford City Patriots or draw

78%

Playford City Patriots or Western Strikers

78%

Draw or Western Strikers

43%

Winning margin

Playford City Patriots wins by 2+

34%

Western Strikers wins by 2+

8%

Team goals

Playford City Patriots 1+ goals

87%

Playford City Patriots 2+ goals

59%

Playford City Patriots 3+ goals

32%

Western Strikers 1+ goals

69%

Western Strikers 2+ goals

33%

Western Strikers 3+ goals

11%

Draw no bet

Playford City Patriots (draw refunded)

72%

Western Strikers (draw refunded)

28%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

50%

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

Playford City Patriots at home — creates 2.07, concedes 1.29 · 45 matches

Western Strikers away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.95 · 22 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Playford City Patriots attack 2.07 + Western Strikers defence 1.95 → ÷2 → 2.01

Western Strikers attack 1.05 + Playford City Patriots defence 1.29 → ÷2 → 1.17

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 57%?"

Playford City Patriots scores more

57%

level

22%

Western Strikers scores more

22%

Playford City Patriots at 57% 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 57% does not mean "Playford City Patriots 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