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Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney — A-League 2018

Western Sydney Wanderers
Western Sydney Wanderers
FT
1 – 4
HT: 0 – 2
Sydney
Sydney
3/2/2024A-LeagueA-League · Round 19CommBank Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 107+ matches

Western Sydney Wanderers37%
×Draw25%
Sydney38%
✓ 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
1.43
Sydney
1.44

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 107 home / 112 away

creates per match

Western Sydney Wanderers
1.56
Sydney
1.46

allows per match

Western Sydney Wanderers
1.41
Sydney
1.30

finishing

Western Sydney Wanderers+0.00on par
Sydney+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Over
  • Over55
  • Under45

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Western Sydney Wanderers ↓

Sydney →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–18%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
55%45%3.5
32%68%4.5
16%84%

Double chance

Western Sydney Wanderers or draw
62%
Western Sydney Wanderers or Sydney
75%
Draw or Sydney
63%

Winning margin

Western Sydney Wanderers wins by 2+
17%
Sydney wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Western Sydney Wanderers 1+ goals
76%
Western Sydney Wanderers 2+ goals
42%
Western Sydney Wanderers 3+ goals
17%
Sydney 1+ goals
76%
Sydney 2+ goals
42%
Sydney 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Western Sydney Wanderers (draw refunded)
50%
Sydney (draw refunded)
50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
46%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Sydney away — creates 1.46, concedes 1.30 · 112 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 + Sydney defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.43

Sydney attack 1.46 + Western Sydney Wanderers defence 1.41 → ÷2 → 1.44

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 38%?"

Western Sydney Wanderers scores more
37%
level
25%
Sydney scores more
38%

Sydney at 38% 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 38% 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

Match Recap: Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney

Sydney beat Western Sydney Wanderers 4-1 in A-League on March 2, 2024.

The match was played at CommBank Stadium in Sydney.