April 3, 2018

NRL Predictions for Round 5

Team Ratings for Round 5

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
Storm 13.70 16.73 -3.00
Dragons 4.66 -0.45 5.10
Panthers 4.29 2.64 1.70
Sharks 3.48 2.20 1.30
Cowboys 1.42 2.97 -1.50
Broncos 1.12 4.78 -3.70
Sea Eagles 0.98 -1.07 2.00
Raiders -0.23 3.50 -3.70
Roosters -0.35 0.13 -0.50
Wests Tigers -1.35 -3.63 2.30
Warriors -1.94 -6.97 5.00
Rabbitohs -2.50 -3.90 1.40
Bulldogs -3.82 -3.43 -0.40
Eels -4.21 1.51 -5.70
Knights -8.46 -8.43 -0.00
Titans -9.12 -8.91 -0.20

 

Performance So Far

So far there have been 32 matches played, 17 of which were correctly predicted, a success rate of 53.1%.
Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

 

Game Date Score Prediction Correct
1 Cowboys vs. Panthers Mar 29 14 – 33 3.20 FALSE
2 Rabbitohs vs. Bulldogs Mar 30 20 – 16 4.40 TRUE
3 Sharks vs. Storm Mar 30 14 – 4 -10.00 FALSE
4 Roosters vs. Warriors Mar 31 6 – 30 11.00 FALSE
5 Sea Eagles vs. Raiders Mar 31 32 – 16 2.30 TRUE
6 Dragons vs. Knights Apr 01 30 – 12 15.80 TRUE
7 Broncos vs. Titans Apr 01 14 – 26 17.30 FALSE
8 Wests Tigers vs. Eels Apr 02 30 – 20 5.20 TRUE

 

Predictions for Round 5

Here are the predictions for Round 5. 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 Raiders vs. Bulldogs Apr 05 Raiders 6.60
2 Sharks vs. Roosters Apr 06 Sharks 6.80
3 Dragons vs. Rabbitohs Apr 06 Dragons 10.20
4 Wests Tigers vs. Storm Apr 07 Storm -15.00
5 Warriors vs. Cowboys Apr 07 Warriors 1.10
6 Knights vs. Broncos Apr 07 Broncos -6.60
7 Titans vs. Sea Eagles Apr 08 Sea Eagles -7.10
8 Eels vs. Panthers Apr 08 Panthers -5.50

 

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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 »

Comments

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    I have updated the predictions for West Tigers versus the Storm on Saturday. I had not realised it was being played at Mount Smart, not at the West Tigers’ home ground.

    7 years ago