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West Adelaide vs Western Strikers — South Australia State League 1 2021

West Adelaide
West Adelaide
FT
4 – 3
Western Strikers
Western Strikers
5/1/2021South Australia State League 1South Australia State League 1 · Round 3T.K. Shutter Reserve

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 22+ matches

West Adelaide54%
×Draw22%
Western Strikers24%
✓ 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.

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.

West Adelaide
1.98
Western Strikers
1.27

West Adelaide creates 56% more chances

Season form · 48 home / 22 away

creates per match

West Adelaide
2.00
Western Strikers
1.05

allows per match

West Adelaide
1.48
Western Strikers
1.95

finishing

West Adelaide+0.00on par
Western Strikers+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Over
  • Over63
  • Under37

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

62%Yes
  • Yes62
  • No38

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

West Adelaide ↓

Western Strikers →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–04%
0–15%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–08%
1–110%
1–26%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–110%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–16%
3–24%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–02%
4–13%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
83%17%2.5
63%37%3.5
41%59%4.5
22%78%

Double chance

West Adelaide or draw
76%
West Adelaide or Western Strikers
78%
Draw or Western Strikers
46%

Winning margin

West Adelaide wins by 2+
31%
Western Strikers wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

West Adelaide 1+ goals
86%
West Adelaide 2+ goals
59%
West Adelaide 3+ goals
31%
Western Strikers 1+ goals
72%
Western Strikers 2+ goals
36%
Western Strikers 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

West Adelaide (draw refunded)
69%
Western Strikers (draw refunded)
31%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
52%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

West Adelaide at home — creates 2.00, concedes 1.48 · 48 matches

Western Strikers away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.95 · 22 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

West Adelaide attack 2.00 + Western Strikers defence 1.95 → ÷2 → 1.98

Western Strikers attack 1.05 + West Adelaide defence 1.48 → ÷2 → 1.27

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 54%?"

West Adelaide scores more
54%
level
22%
Western Strikers scores more
24%

West Adelaide at 54% 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 54% does not mean "West Adelaide 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

Match Recap: West Adelaide vs Western Strikers

West Adelaide beat Western Strikers 4-3 in South Australia State League 1 on May 1, 2021.

The match was played at T.K. Shutter Reserve in Adelaide.