Al-Ain 1–0 Al Bukayriyah: Result & Stats

Al-Ain

FT

1 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Al Bukayriyah

8/22/2023

Division 1 · Round 2King Saud Sport City Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 89+ matches

Al-Ain42%

×Draw28%

Al Bukayriyah30%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Al-AinExpected goals in this matchAl Bukayriyah

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.

1.29

1.03

Al-Ain

1.29

Al Bukayriyah

1.03

Al-Ain creates 25% more chances

Season form · 89 home / 89 away

1.31

creates per match

1.03

allows per match

1.26

creates per match

Al-Ain

1.31

Al Bukayriyah

1.03

allows per match

Al-Ain

1.03

Al Bukayriyah

1.26

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Al-Ain+0.00on par

Al Bukayriyah+0.00on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No53
Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al-Ain ↓

Al Bukayriyah →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–110%

0–25%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–013%

1–113%

1–27%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–18%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

67%33%2.5

41%59%3.5

20%80%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Al-Ain or draw

70%

Al-Ain or Al Bukayriyah

72%

Draw or Al Bukayriyah

58%

Winning margin

Al-Ain wins by 2+

19%

Al Bukayriyah wins by 2+

11%

Team goals

Al-Ain 1+ goals

72%

Al-Ain 2+ goals

37%

Al-Ain 3+ goals

14%

Al Bukayriyah 1+ goals

64%

Al Bukayriyah 2+ goals

28%

Al Bukayriyah 3+ goals

9%

Draw no bet

Al-Ain (draw refunded)

59%

Al Bukayriyah (draw refunded)

41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

34%

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-Ain at home — creates 1.31, concedes 1.03 · 89 matches

Al Bukayriyah away — creates 1.03, concedes 1.26 · 89 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-Ain attack 1.31 + Al Bukayriyah defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.29

Al Bukayriyah attack 1.03 + Al-Ain defence 1.03 → ÷2 → 1.03

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-Ain scores more

42%

level

28%

Al Bukayriyah scores more

30%

Al-Ain 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-Ain 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