Al-Ahli Jeddah vs Shabab Al Ahli Dubai — AFC Champions League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 18+ matches
Al-Ahli Jeddah53%
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai24%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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-Ahli Jeddah creates 61% more chances
Season form · 30 home / 18 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over56
- Under44
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al-Ahli Jeddah ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Al-Ahli Jeddah at home — creates 2.03, concedes 1.03 · 30 matches
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai away — creates 1.22, concedes 1.61 · 18 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al-Ahli Jeddah attack 2.03 + Shabab Al Ahli Dubai defence 1.61 → ÷2 → 1.82
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai attack 1.22 + Al-Ahli Jeddah defence 1.03 → ÷2 → 1.13
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 53%?"
Al-Ahli Jeddah at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Al-Ahli Jeddah 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Al-Ahli Jeddah host Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on Saturday, 26 September 2020 at 13:40. The match is part of the AFC Champions League 2018/2019 season.
AFC Champions League: Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–1 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
Al-Ahli Jeddah and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai drew 1-1 in AFC Champions League on September 26, 2020.
Goals: A. Ganiev (28'), Omar Al Somah (54' pen).
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai controlled possession (58%) and registered 13 shots to 18.
The match was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.