Wellington Phoenix vs Adelaide United — A-League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 106+ matches
Wellington Phoenix43%
Adelaide United34%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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.
Wellington Phoenix creates 14% more chances
Season form · 106 home / 109 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over61
- Under39
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes63
- No37
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Wellington Phoenix ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Wellington Phoenix at home — creates 1.57, concedes 1.31 · 106 matches
Adelaide United away — creates 1.62, concedes 1.78 · 109 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Wellington Phoenix attack 1.57 + Adelaide United defence 1.78 → ÷2 → 1.68
Adelaide United attack 1.62 + Wellington Phoenix defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.47
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 43%?"
Wellington Phoenix at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Wellington Phoenix 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Wellington Phoenix host Adelaide United on Sunday, 3 March 2024 at 04:00. The match is part of the A-League 2018/2019 season.
A-League: Wellington Phoenix 3–2 Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix beat Adelaide United 3-2 in A-League on March 3, 2024.
The match was played at Sky Stadium in Wellington.