Port Melbourne 3–0 Dandenong Thunder

Port Melbourne

FT

3 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Dandenong Thunder

4/13/2024

Victoria NPL · Round 9SS Anderson Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 78+ matches

Port Melbourne46%

×Draw24%

Dandenong Thunder30%

✓ 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.

Port MelbourneExpected goals in this matchDandenong Thunder

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.

1.73

1.36

Port Melbourne

1.73

Dandenong Thunder

1.36

Port Melbourne creates 27% more chances

Season form · 78 home / 86 away

1.62

creates per match

1.45

1.27

allows per match

1.83

creates per match

Port Melbourne

1.62

Dandenong Thunder

1.45

allows per match

Port Melbourne

1.27

Dandenong Thunder

1.83

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Port Melbourne+0.00on par

Dandenong Thunder+0.00on par

Total goals

Over60
Under40

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes61
No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Port Melbourne ↓

Dandenong Thunder →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–05%

0–16%

0–24%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–08%

1–111%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–15%

3–24%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

95%5%1.5

81%19%2.5

60%40%3.5

37%63%4.5

20%80%

Double chance

Port Melbourne or draw

70%

Port Melbourne or Dandenong Thunder

76%

Draw or Dandenong Thunder

54%

Winning margin

Port Melbourne wins by 2+

25%

Dandenong Thunder wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Port Melbourne 1+ goals

82%

Port Melbourne 2+ goals

52%

Port Melbourne 3+ goals

25%

Dandenong Thunder 1+ goals

74%

Dandenong Thunder 2+ goals

39%

Dandenong Thunder 3+ goals

16%

Draw no bet

Port Melbourne (draw refunded)

60%

Dandenong Thunder (draw refunded)

40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

50%

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

Port Melbourne at home — creates 1.62, concedes 1.27 · 78 matches

Dandenong Thunder away — creates 1.45, concedes 1.83 · 86 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Port Melbourne attack 1.62 + Dandenong Thunder defence 1.83 → ÷2 → 1.73

Dandenong Thunder attack 1.45 + Port Melbourne defence 1.27 → ÷2 → 1.36

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 46%?"

Port Melbourne scores more

46%

level

24%

Dandenong Thunder scores more

30%

Port Melbourne at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Port Melbourne 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