Al Riyadh vs Al Taawon — Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 51+ matches
Al Riyadh29%
Al Taawon43%✓ 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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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 Taawon creates 27% more chances
Season form · 51 home / 126 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under58
- Over42
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Riyadh ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · 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 Riyadh at home — creates 0.94, concedes 1.31 · 51 matches
Al Taawon away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.17 · 126 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 0.94 + Al Taawon defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.05
Al Taawon attack 1.35 + Al Riyadh defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.33
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 43%?"
Al Taawon 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 Taawon 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
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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
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Statistics
Al Riyadh host Al Taawon on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 at 15:10. The match is part of the Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Al Riyadh vs Al Taawon
Al Riyadh beat Al Taawon 1-0 in Pro League on January 21, 2025.
Goals: M. Konaté (90+11' pen).
Al Taawon controlled possession (54%) and registered 2 shots to 13.
The match was played at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh.