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Al-Adalah vs Al-ThuqbahDivision 1 2018

10/26/2020Division 1Division 1 · Round 2Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 38+ matches

Al-Adalah42%
×Draw26%
Al-Thuqbah32%
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.

Al-Adalah
1.40
Al-Thuqbah
1.19

Al-Adalah creates 18% more chances

Season form · 92 home / 38 away

creates per match

Al-Adalah
1.39
Al-Thuqbah
1.13

allows per match

Al-Adalah
1.26
Al-Thuqbah
1.42

finishing

Al-Adalah+0.00on par
Al-Thuqbah+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al-Adalah

Al-Thuqbah
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
019%
025%
032%
041%
1
1011%
1113%
127%
133%
141%
2
207%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
303%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Al-Adalah or draw
68%
Al-Adalah or Al-Thuqbah
74%
Draw or Al-Thuqbah
58%

Winning margin

Al-Adalah wins by 2+
20%
Al-Thuqbah wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Al-Adalah 1+ goals
75%
Al-Adalah 2+ goals
41%
Al-Adalah 3+ goals
17%
Al-Thuqbah 1+ goals
70%
Al-Thuqbah 2+ goals
33%
Al-Thuqbah 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Al-Adalah (draw refunded)
57%
Al-Thuqbah (draw refunded)
43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Al-Adalah at homecreates 1.39, concedes 1.26 · 92 matches

Al-Thuqbah awaycreates 1.13, concedes 1.42 · 38 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Al-Adalah attack 1.39 + Al-Thuqbah defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.40

Al-Thuqbah attack 1.13 + Al-Adalah defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.19

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 42%?"

Al-Adalah scores more
42%
level
26%
Al-Thuqbah scores more
32%

Al-Adalah at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Al-Adalah 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

Division 1: Al-Adalah 3–0 Al-Thuqbah

Al-Adalah beat Al-Thuqbah 3-0 in Division 1 on October 26, 2020.

The match was played at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in Al-Hasa.