Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al Wahda FC — AFC Champions League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 8+ matches
Al-Hilal Saudi FC51%
Al Wahda FC22%✓ 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-Hilal Saudi FC creates 72% more chances
Season form · 40 home / 8 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under61
- Over39
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No57
- Yes43
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al-Hilal Saudi FC ↓
Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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-Hilal Saudi FC at home — creates 2.23, concedes 0.78 · 40 matches
Al Wahda FC away — creates 0.88, concedes 0.63 · 8 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al-Hilal Saudi FC attack 2.23 + Al Wahda FC defence 0.63 → ÷2 → 1.43
Al Wahda FC attack 0.88 + Al-Hilal Saudi FC defence 0.78 → ÷2 → 0.83
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 51%?"
Al-Hilal Saudi FC at 51% 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 51% does not mean "Al-Hilal Saudi FC 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-Hilal Saudi FC host Al Wahda FC on Monday, 16 February 2026 at 18:15. The match is part of the AFC Champions League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al Wahda FC
Al-Hilal Saudi FC beat Al Wahda FC 2-1 in AFC Champions League on February 16, 2026.
Goals: D. Nunez (19', 77'), B. Diarra (32').
Al-Hilal Saudi FC controlled possession (54%) and registered 13 shots to 10.
The match was played at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.