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Al Safa vs Al Orubah — Division 1 2018

Al Safa
Al Safa
FT
0 – 1
HT: 0 – 1
Al Orubah
Al Orubah
10/23/2023Division 1Division 1 · Round 8Al Safwa Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 34+ matches

Al Safa33%
×Draw24%
Al Orubah43%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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 Safa
1.39
Al Orubah
1.63

Al Orubah creates 17% more chances

Season form · 34 home / 71 away

creates per match

Al Safa
1.47
Al Orubah
1.46

allows per match

Al Safa
1.79
Al Orubah
1.30

finishing

Al Safa+0.00on par
Al Orubah+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Over
  • Over58
  • Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

60%Yes
  • Yes60
  • No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al Safa ↓

Al Orubah →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–18%
0–26%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–07%
1–111%
1–29%
1–35%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–18%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–14%
3–23%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
58%42%3.5
36%64%4.5
19%81%

Double chance

Al Safa or draw
57%
Al Safa or Al Orubah
76%
Draw or Al Orubah
67%

Winning margin

Al Safa wins by 2+
15%
Al Orubah wins by 2+
22%

Team goals

Al Safa 1+ goals
75%
Al Safa 2+ goals
40%
Al Safa 3+ goals
16%
Al Orubah 1+ goals
80%
Al Orubah 2+ goals
48%
Al Orubah 3+ goals
22%

Draw no bet

Al Safa (draw refunded)
43%
Al Orubah (draw refunded)
57%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
49%
Both score & under 3
11%

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 Safa at home — creates 1.47, concedes 1.79 · 34 matches

Al Orubah away — creates 1.46, concedes 1.30 · 71 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 Safa attack 1.47 + Al Orubah defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.39

Al Orubah attack 1.46 + Al Safa defence 1.79 → ÷2 → 1.63

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 Safa scores more
33%
level
24%
Al Orubah scores more
43%

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

Division 1: Al Safa 0–1 Al Orubah

Al Orubah beat Al Safa 1-0 in Division 1 on October 23, 2023.

The match was played at Al Safwa Stadium in Safwa.