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Al Orubah vs Al-AinDivision 1 2018

Al Orubah
Al Orubah
FT
41
HT: 21
Al-Ain
Al-Ain
8/28/2023Division 1Division 1 · Round 3Al-Oruba Club Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 73+ matches

Al Orubah43%
×Draw29%
Al-Ain28%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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 Orubah
1.23
Al-Ain
0.93

Al Orubah creates 32% more chances

Season form · 73 home / 89 away

creates per match

Al Orubah
1.16
Al-Ain
0.92

allows per match

Al Orubah
0.93
Al-Ain
1.31

finishing

Al Orubah+0.00on par
Al-Ain+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al Orubah

Al-Ain
0
1
2
3
4
0
0012%
0111%
025%
032%
040%
1
1014%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
209%
218%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
313%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Al Orubah or draw
72%
Al Orubah or Al-Ain
71%
Draw or Al-Ain
57%

Winning margin

Al Orubah wins by 2+
19%
Al-Ain wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Al Orubah 1+ goals
71%
Al Orubah 2+ goals
35%
Al Orubah 3+ goals
13%
Al-Ain 1+ goals
61%
Al-Ain 2+ goals
24%
Al-Ain 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Al Orubah (draw refunded)
61%
Al-Ain (draw refunded)
39%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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 Orubah at homecreates 1.16, concedes 0.93 · 73 matches

Al-Ain awaycreates 0.92, concedes 1.31 · 89 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 Orubah attack 1.16 + Al-Ain defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.23

Al-Ain attack 0.92 + Al Orubah defence 0.93 → ÷2 → 0.93

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 43%?"

Al Orubah scores more
43%
level
29%
Al-Ain scores more
28%

Al Orubah at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Al Orubah 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

Al Orubah 4 – 1 Al-Ain

Al Orubah beat Al-Ain 4-1 in Division 1 on August 28, 2023.

The match was played at Al-Oruba Club Stadium in Al Jawf.