Betfair's Brownlow Predictor is anticipating one of the tightest ever Brownlow Medal vote counts this Sunday.
Brisbane midfielder Lachie Neale is predicted to win his second Brownlow by the slimmest of margins from Melbourne's Clayton Oliver.
Oliver's teammate Christian Petracca, Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw and Carlton's Patrick Cripps are all neck and neck, behind the top two, in the Predictor's projected vote totals.
Betfair's Brownlow Medal Predictor has correctly predicted the past three winners of the AFL's highest individual honour. Presented by leading AFL betting and data analyst Joel Cashman, it taps into third-party research and analytics in generating its predictions.
The Model predicts that Neale takes the 2022 Brownlow - by a whisker.
At the end of the 2022 home and away season, Betfair's Brownlow Medal Predictor has projected the following vote tallies for the five players expected to be in the final running for the award:
Betfair's Brownlow Medal Predictor had Port Adelaide's Ollie wines winning last year's count ahead of Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli (actual place 2nd) and St Kilda skipper Jack Steele (actual place equal 5th).
In 2020, the predictor had Brisbane's Neale on top ahead of Port's Travis Boak (actual place 2nd) and Petracca (actual place equal 3rd).
And in 2019, Nat Fyfe was predicted to win, with Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield tipped to run 2nd (actual place 2nd) and Neale in 3rd (actual place equal 3rd).
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