April 24, 2014

NRL Predictions for Round 8

Team Ratings for Round 8

The basic method is described on my Department home page. I have made some changes to the methodology this year, including shrinking the ratings between seasons.

Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season.

Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference
Roosters 7.58 12.35 -4.80
Bulldogs 6.81 2.46 4.30
Rabbitohs 5.83 5.82 0.00
Sea Eagles 5.67 9.10 -3.40
Cowboys 3.17 6.01 -2.80
Storm 1.71 7.64 -5.90
Broncos 1.12 -4.69 5.80
Titans 0.17 1.45 -1.30
Knights -0.10 5.23 -5.30
Sharks -2.77 2.32 -5.10
Panthers -2.84 -2.48 -0.40
Wests Tigers -3.86 -11.26 7.40
Dragons -4.82 -7.57 2.80
Raiders -4.93 -8.99 4.10
Warriors -5.06 -0.72 -4.30
Eels -9.47 -18.45 9.00

 

Performance So Far

So far there have been 56 matches played, 29 of which were correctly predicted, a success rate of 51.8%.

Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

Game Date Score Prediction Correct
1 Rabbitohs vs. Bulldogs Apr 18 14 – 15 4.70 FALSE
2 Knights vs. Broncos Apr 18 6 – 32 9.20 FALSE
3 Sea Eagles vs. Cowboys Apr 18 26 – 21 7.60 TRUE
4 Dragons vs. Warriors Apr 19 20 – 10 3.40 TRUE
5 Sharks vs. Roosters Apr 19 18 – 24 -5.80 TRUE
6 Raiders vs. Storm Apr 20 24 – 22 -3.20 FALSE
7 Eels vs. Wests Tigers Apr 21 18 – 21 -0.60 TRUE
8 Panthers vs. Titans Apr 21 14 – 12 1.30 TRUE

 

Predictions for Round 8

Here are the predictions for Round 8. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Game Date Winner Prediction
1 Dragons vs. Roosters Apr 25 Roosters -7.90
2 Storm vs. Warriors Apr 25 Storm 11.30
3 Broncos vs. Rabbitohs Apr 25 Rabbitohs -0.20
4 Sharks vs. Panthers Apr 26 Sharks 4.60
5 Cowboys vs. Eels Apr 26 Cowboys 17.10
6 Bulldogs vs. Knights Apr 26 Bulldogs 11.40
7 Sea Eagles vs. Raiders Apr 27 Sea Eagles 15.10
8 Wests Tigers vs. Titans Apr 27 Wests Tigers 0.50

 

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David Scott obtained a BA and PhD from the Australian National University and then commenced his university teaching career at La Trobe University in 1972. He has taught at La Trobe University, the University of Sheffield, Bond University and Colorado State University, joining the University of Auckland, based at Tamaki Campus, in mid-1995. He has been Head of Department at La Trobe University, Acting Dean and Associate Dean (Academic) at Bond University, and Associate Director of the Centre for Quality Management and Data Analysis at Bond University with responsibility for Short Courses. He was Head of the Department of Statistics in 2000, and is a past President of the New Zealand Statistical Assocation. See all posts by David Scott »

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