Sydney 3–4 Western United: Result & Stats

Sydney

FT

3 – 4

HT: 2 – 1

Western United

12/14/2024

A-League · Round 8Allianz Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 84+ matches

Sydney47%

×Draw23%

Western United30%

✓ 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 matchWestern United

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.

1.77

1.37

Sydney

1.77

Western United

1.37

Sydney creates 29% more chances

Season form · 110 home / 84 away

1.80

creates per match

1.49

1.25

allows per match

1.75

creates per match

Sydney

1.80

Western United

1.49

allows per match

Sydney

1.25

Western United

1.75

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Sydney+0.00on par

Western United+0.00on par

Total goals

Over61
Under39

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes62
No38

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sydney ↓

Western United →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

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

96%4%1.5

82%18%2.5

61%39%3.5

38%62%4.5

21%79%

Double chance

Sydney or draw

70%

Sydney or Western United

77%

Draw or Western United

53%

Winning margin

Sydney wins by 2+

25%

Western United wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Sydney 1+ goals

83%

Sydney 2+ goals

53%

Sydney 3+ goals

26%

Western United 1+ goals

75%

Western United 2+ goals

40%

Western United 3+ goals

16%

Draw no bet

Sydney (draw refunded)

61%

Western United (draw refunded)

39%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

51%

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

Western United away — creates 1.49, concedes 1.75 · 84 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 + Western United defence 1.75 → ÷2 → 1.77

Western United attack 1.49 + Sydney defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.37

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

23%

Western United 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