April 30, 2024

NRL Predictions for Round 9

Team Ratings for Round 9

The basic method is described on my Department home page.
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
Panthers 11.83 14.73 -2.90
Broncos 9.30 9.07 0.20
Storm 6.85 6.15 0.70
Roosters 6.18 3.08 3.10
Sharks 6.18 2.94 3.20
Sea Eagles 1.88 -0.48 2.40
Cowboys 0.31 2.47 -2.20
Knights -0.28 1.84 -2.10
Warriors -0.83 -0.07 -0.80
Dolphins -3.16 -7.09 3.90
Eels -3.90 0.14 -4.00
Raiders -4.49 -4.31 -0.20
Rabbitohs -6.30 0.87 -7.20
Bulldogs -6.99 -13.35 6.40
Dragons -8.17 -6.93 -1.20
Titans -9.43 -7.89 -1.50
Wests Tigers -10.99 -13.15 2.20

 

Performance So Far

So far there have been 64 matches played, 40 of which were correctly predicted, a success rate of 62.5%.
Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

Game Date Score Prediction Correct
1 Warriors vs. Titans Apr 25 24 – 27 18.10 FALSE
2 Dragons vs. Roosters Apr 25 18 – 60 -7.30 TRUE
3 Storm vs. Rabbitohs Apr 25 54 – 20 13.70 TRUE
4 Sea Eagles vs. Eels Apr 26 32 – 18 8.00 TRUE
5 Wests Tigers vs. Broncos Apr 27 10 – 34 -16.30 TRUE
6 Cowboys vs. Panthers Apr 27 20 – 26 -8.90 TRUE
7 Dolphins vs. Knights Apr 28 14 – 18 0.70 FALSE
8 Raiders vs. Sharks Apr 28 0 – 40 -3.40 TRUE

 

Predictions for Round 9

Here are the predictions for Round 9. 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 Rabbitohs vs. Panthers May 02 Panthers -15.10
2 Sea Eagles vs. Raiders May 03 Sea Eagles 9.40
3 Broncos vs. Roosters May 03 Broncos 6.10
4 Bulldogs vs. Wests Tigers May 04 Bulldogs 7.00
5 Titans vs. Storm May 04 Storm -13.30
6 Cowboys vs. Dolphins May 04 Cowboys 6.50
7 Knights vs. Warriors May 05 Knights 7.60
8 Sharks vs. Dragons May 05 Sharks 17.30

 

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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 »

Comments

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    Great prediction for last games and the this weekend prediction

    3 weeks ago Reply

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    Ted Leeson

    How do you calculate the home team advantage? Some teams have a 2.98 and some have 2.95, 3.03 etc. Is it previous home games against the opposition, this years record at home?

    3 weeks ago Reply

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    Amy Bare kludapalo

    Great prediction..👏👏

    3 weeks ago Reply

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    Amy Bare kludapalo

    Great prediction for last game I’ll love to see how your prediction for round 9 will go 👍👍👍

    3 weeks ago Reply

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