Al Riyadh vs Al Shabab — Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 11+ matches
Al Riyadh39%
Al Shabab36%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 11 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over56
- Under44
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes59
- No41
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Riyadh ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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 Riyadh at home — creates 1.15, concedes 1.59 · 11 matches
Al Shabab away — creates 1.28, concedes 1.87 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Riyadh attack 1.15 + Al Shabab defence 1.87 → ÷2 → 1.51
Al Shabab attack 1.28 + Al Riyadh defence 1.59 → ÷2 → 1.44
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 39%?"
Al Riyadh at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Al Riyadh 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
Al Shabab substitutes
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
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Al-Ettifaq
NEOM
Al-Hazm
Al-Fayha
Al Khaleej Saihat
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Al KholoodAl Riyadh
Damac
Al Okhdood
Al NajmaIf 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 Riyadh host Al Shabab on Thursday, 15 May 2025 at 16:05. The match is part of the Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Al Riyadh vs Al Shabab
Al Shabab beat Al Riyadh 3-1 in Pro League on May 15, 2025.
Goals: Musab Al Juwayr (15'), B. Mensah (29' pen), Haroune Camara (44'), C. Guanca (90+2').
Al Shabab controlled possession (52%) and registered 13 shots to 12.
The match was played at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh.