Al Karkh vs Al Sinaah — Iraqi League 2020
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 32+ matches
Al Karkh44%
Al Sinaah28%✓ 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 Karkh creates 34% more chances
Season form · 110 home / 32 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under63
- Over37
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No57
- Yes43
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Karkh ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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 Karkh at home — creates 1.05, concedes 1.14 · 110 matches
Al Sinaah away — creates 0.72, concedes 1.44 · 32 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Karkh attack 1.05 + Al Sinaah defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.25
Al Sinaah attack 0.72 + Al Karkh defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 0.93
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 44%?"
Al Karkh at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Al Karkh 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
Naft
Al Quwa Al Jawiya
Naft Al-Wasat
Al Najaf
Al Zawra'a
Al Talaba
Al Minaa Basra
Al Hudod
Erbil
Alsinaat Al Kahrabaiya
Al Shorta
Naft Al-Janoob
Baghdad
Al Kahrabaa
Naft MaysanIf 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
Al Karkh host Al Sinaah on Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at 11:30. The match is part of the Iraqi League 2020/2021 season.
Match Recap: Al Karkh vs Al Sinaah
Al Karkh beat Al Sinaah 2-1 in Iraqi League on February 28, 2023.
The match was played at Al Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium in Bagdad.