Sydney 0–2 Central Coast Mariners: Result & Stats

Sydney

FT

0 – 2

HT: 0 – 0

Central Coast Mariners

1/22/2021

A-League · Round 5Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 109+ matches

Sydney47%

×Draw24%

Central Coast Mariners30%

✓ 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.

SydneyExpected goals in this matchCentral Coast Mariners

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

1.33

Sydney

1.73

Central Coast Mariners

1.33

Sydney creates 30% more chances

Season form · 110 home / 109 away

1.80

creates per match

1.42

1.25

allows per match

1.65

creates per match

Sydney

1.80

Central Coast Mariners

1.42

allows per match

Sydney

1.25

Central Coast Mariners

1.65

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Sydney+0.00on par

Central Coast Mariners+0.00on par

Total goals

Over59
Under41

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes60
No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sydney ↓

Central Coast Mariners →

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

59%41%3.5

36%64%4.5

19%81%

Double chance

Sydney or draw

70%

Sydney or Central Coast Mariners

76%

Draw or Central Coast Mariners

53%

Winning margin

Sydney wins by 2+

25%

Central Coast Mariners wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Sydney 1+ goals

82%

Sydney 2+ goals

52%

Sydney 3+ goals

25%

Central Coast Mariners 1+ goals

74%

Central Coast Mariners 2+ goals

38%

Central Coast Mariners 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Sydney (draw refunded)

61%

Central Coast Mariners (draw refunded)

39%

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

Sydney at home — creates 1.80, concedes 1.25 · 110 matches

Central Coast Mariners away — creates 1.42, concedes 1.65 · 109 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Sydney attack 1.80 + Central Coast Mariners defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.73

Central Coast Mariners attack 1.42 + Sydney defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.33

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 47%?"

Sydney scores more

47%

level

24%

Central Coast Mariners scores more

30%

Sydney at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Sydney 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