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Western Sydney Wanderers vs Central Coast Mariners — A-League 2018

Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers
FT
1 – 3
HT: 0 – 1
Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners
1/17/2025A-LeagueA-League · Round 15CommBank Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 107+ matches

Western Sydney Wanderers42%
×Draw24%
Central Coast Mariners34%
✓ 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.

Western Sydney Wanderers
1.60
Central Coast Mariners
1.42

Western Sydney Wanderers creates 13% more chances

Season form · 107 home / 109 away

creates per match

Western Sydney Wanderers
1.56
Central Coast Mariners
1.42

allows per match

Western Sydney Wanderers
1.41
Central Coast Mariners
1.65

finishing

Western Sydney Wanderers+0.00on par
Central Coast Mariners+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Over
  • Over58
  • Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

60%Yes
  • Yes60
  • No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Western Sydney Wanderers ↓

Central Coast Mariners →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–17%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–111%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–15%
3–23%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
58%42%3.5
36%64%4.5
19%81%

Double chance

Western Sydney Wanderers or draw
66%
Western Sydney Wanderers or Central Coast Mariners
76%
Draw or Central Coast Mariners
58%

Winning margin

Western Sydney Wanderers wins by 2+
21%
Central Coast Mariners wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

Western Sydney Wanderers 1+ goals
80%
Western Sydney Wanderers 2+ goals
47%
Western Sydney Wanderers 3+ goals
22%
Central Coast Mariners 1+ goals
76%
Central Coast Mariners 2+ goals
41%
Central Coast Mariners 3+ goals
17%

Draw no bet

Western Sydney Wanderers (draw refunded)
55%
Central Coast Mariners (draw refunded)
45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
49%
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

Western Sydney Wanderers at home — creates 1.56, concedes 1.41 · 107 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

Western Sydney Wanderers attack 1.56 + Central Coast Mariners defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.60

Central Coast Mariners attack 1.42 + Western Sydney Wanderers defence 1.41 → ÷2 → 1.42

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 42%?"

Western Sydney Wanderers scores more
42%
level
24%
Central Coast Mariners scores more
34%

Western Sydney Wanderers at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Western Sydney Wanderers 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

A-League: Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Central Coast Mariners

Central Coast Mariners beat Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in A-League on January 17, 2025.

The match was played at CommBank Stadium in Sydney.