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Al Fallah vs Al MerreikhSudani Premier League 2019

10/1/2020Sudani Premier LeagueSudani Premier League · Round 30Khartoum Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 41+ matches

Al Fallah23%
×Draw28%
Al Merreikh49%
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 Fallah
0.84
Al Merreikh
1.35

Al Merreikh creates 61% more chances

Season form · 41 home / 65 away

creates per match

Al Fallah
1.07
Al Merreikh
1.68

allows per match

Al Fallah
1.02
Al Merreikh
0.62

finishing

Al Fallah+0.00on par
Al Merreikh+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

58%No
  • No58
  • Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al Fallah

Al Merreikh
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
0115%
0210%
035%
042%
1
109%
1113%
129%
134%
141%
2
204%
215%
224%
232%
241%
3
301%
311%
321%
330%
340%
4
400%
410%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 0–1 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Al Fallah or draw
51%
Al Fallah or Al Merreikh
72%
Draw or Al Merreikh
77%

Winning margin

Al Fallah wins by 2+
7%
Al Merreikh wins by 2+
23%

Team goals

Al Fallah 1+ goals
57%
Al Fallah 2+ goals
21%
Al Fallah 3+ goals
5%
Al Merreikh 1+ goals
74%
Al Merreikh 2+ goals
39%
Al Merreikh 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

Al Fallah (draw refunded)
32%
Al Merreikh (draw refunded)
68%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
29%
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 Fallah at homecreates 1.07, concedes 1.02 · 41 matches

Al Merreikh awaycreates 1.68, concedes 0.62 · 65 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 Fallah attack 1.07 + Al Merreikh defence 0.62 → ÷2 → 0.84

Al Merreikh attack 1.68 + Al Fallah defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 1.35

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 49%?"

Al Fallah scores more
23%
level
28%
Al Merreikh scores more
49%

Al Merreikh at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Al Merreikh 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

Sudani Premier League: Al Fallah 0–2 Al Merreikh

Al Merreikh beat Al Fallah 2-0 in Sudani Premier League on October 1, 2020.

The match was played at Khartoum Stadium in Khartoum.