Southside Eagles 1–1 Western Pride: Result & Stats

Southside Eagles

FT

1 – 1

Western Pride

9/8/2021

Queensland Premier League · Round 14Memorial Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 32+ matches

Southside Eagles39%

×Draw22%

Western Pride39%

✓ 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.

Southside EaglesExpected goals in this matchWestern Pride

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.

1.76

1.77

Southside Eagles

1.76

Western Pride

1.77

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 53 home / 32 away

1.58

creates per match

1.66

1.87

allows per match

1.94

creates per match

Southside Eagles

1.58

Western Pride

1.66

allows per match

Southside Eagles

1.87

Western Pride

1.94

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Southside Eagles+0.00on par

Western Pride+0.00on par

Total goals

Over68
Under32

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes69
No31

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Southside Eagles ↓

Western Pride →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–03%

0–15%

0–25%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–05%

1–19%

1–28%

1–35%

1–42%

2

2–05%

2–18%

2–27%

2–34%

2–42%

3

3–03%

3–15%

3–24%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (9%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

97%3%1.5

87%13%2.5

68%32%3.5

47%53%4.5

28%72%

Double chance

Southside Eagles or draw

61%

Southside Eagles or Western Pride

78%

Draw or Western Pride

61%

Winning margin

Southside Eagles wins by 2+

20%

Western Pride wins by 2+

20%

Team goals

Southside Eagles 1+ goals

83%

Southside Eagles 2+ goals

52%

Southside Eagles 3+ goals

26%

Western Pride 1+ goals

83%

Western Pride 2+ goals

53%

Western Pride 3+ goals

26%

Draw no bet

Southside Eagles (draw refunded)

50%

Western Pride (draw refunded)

50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

59%

Both score & under 3

9%

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

Southside Eagles at home — creates 1.58, concedes 1.87 · 53 matches

Western Pride away — creates 1.66, concedes 1.94 · 32 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Southside Eagles attack 1.58 + Western Pride defence 1.94 → ÷2 → 1.76

Western Pride attack 1.66 + Southside Eagles defence 1.87 → ÷2 → 1.77

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 39%?"

Southside Eagles scores more

39%

level

22%

Western Pride scores more

39%

Southside Eagles at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Southside Eagles 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