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Al Bukayriyah vs Al-Ansar — Division 1 2018

Al Bukayriyah
Al Bukayriyah
FT
2 – 0
Al-Ansar
Al-Ansar
2/12/2020Division 1Division 1 · Round 24Al-Amal Club Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 22+ matches

Al Bukayriyah52%
×Draw25%
Al-Ansar23%
✓ 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 Bukayriyah
1.62
Al-Ansar
0.99

Al Bukayriyah creates 64% more chances

Season form · 89 home / 22 away

creates per match

Al Bukayriyah
1.33
Al-Ansar
0.95

allows per match

Al Bukayriyah
1.04
Al-Ansar
1.91

finishing

Al Bukayriyah+0.00on par
Al-Ansar+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al Bukayriyah ↓

Al-Ansar →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–17%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–010%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Al Bukayriyah or draw
77%
Al Bukayriyah or Al-Ansar
75%
Draw or Al-Ansar
48%

Winning margin

Al Bukayriyah wins by 2+
28%
Al-Ansar wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

Al Bukayriyah 1+ goals
80%
Al Bukayriyah 2+ goals
48%
Al Bukayriyah 3+ goals
22%
Al-Ansar 1+ goals
63%
Al-Ansar 2+ goals
26%
Al-Ansar 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Al Bukayriyah (draw refunded)
69%
Al-Ansar (draw refunded)
31%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
39%
Both score & under 3
12%

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 Bukayriyah at home — creates 1.33, concedes 1.04 · 89 matches

Al-Ansar away — creates 0.95, concedes 1.91 · 22 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 Bukayriyah attack 1.33 + Al-Ansar defence 1.91 → ÷2 → 1.62

Al-Ansar attack 0.95 + Al Bukayriyah defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 0.99

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 52%?"

Al Bukayriyah scores more
52%
level
25%
Al-Ansar scores more
23%

Al Bukayriyah at 52% 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 52% does not mean "Al Bukayriyah 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

Match Recap: Al Bukayriyah vs Al-Ansar

Al Bukayriyah beat Al-Ansar 2-0 in Division 1 on February 12, 2020.

The match was played at Al-Amal Club Stadium in Al Bukayriyah.