Al Ain vs Sharjah FC — League #301 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
Al Ain69%
Sharjah FC11%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 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: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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 Ain creates 209% more chances
Season form · 8 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- No59
- Yes41
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Ain ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines
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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 Ain at home — creates 2.63, concedes 0.50 · 8 matches
Sharjah FC away — creates 0.80, concedes 1.40 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Ain attack 2.63 + Sharjah FC defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 2.01
Sharjah FC attack 0.80 + Al Ain defence 0.50 → ÷2 → 0.65
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 69%?"
Al Ain at 69% 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 69% 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.
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Statistics
Al Ain host Sharjah FC on Friday, 2 January 2026 at 15:45. The match is part of the League #301 2026/2027 season.
League #301: Al Ain 1–0 Sharjah FC
Al Ain beat Sharjah FC 1-0 in League #301 on January 2, 2026.
Goals: E. H. Rahimi (55').
Sharjah FC controlled possession (53%) and registered 11 shots to 15.
The match was played at Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium in Al Ain.