Al Salmiyah 2–3 Al Arabi: Result & Stats

Al Salmiyah

FT

2 – 3

HT: 0 – 3

Al Arabi

4/20/2025

Premier League · Championship Round - 2Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 84+ matches

Al Salmiyah33%

×Draw24%

Al Arabi43%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

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.

Al SalmiyahExpected goals in this matchAl Arabi

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.

1.40

1.63

Al Salmiyah

1.40

Al Arabi

1.63

Al Arabi creates 16% more chances

Season form · 84 home / 84 away

1.68

creates per match

1.90

1.36

allows per match

1.11

creates per match

Al Salmiyah

1.68

Al Arabi

1.90

allows per match

Al Salmiyah

1.36

Al Arabi

1.11

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Al Salmiyah+0.00on par

Al Arabi+0.00on par

Total goals

Over58
Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes61
No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Al Salmiyah ↓

Al Arabi →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–05%

0–18%

0–26%

0–33%

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 Salmiyah or draw

57%

Al Salmiyah or Al Arabi

76%

Draw or Al Arabi

67%

Winning margin

Al Salmiyah wins by 2+

15%

Al Arabi wins by 2+

22%

Team goals

Al Salmiyah 1+ goals

75%

Al Salmiyah 2+ goals

41%

Al Salmiyah 3+ goals

17%

Al Arabi 1+ goals

80%

Al Arabi 2+ goals

48%

Al Arabi 3+ goals

22%

Draw no bet

Al Salmiyah (draw refunded)

43%

Al Arabi (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 Salmiyah at home — creates 1.68, concedes 1.36 · 84 matches

Al Arabi away — creates 1.90, concedes 1.11 · 84 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 Salmiyah attack 1.68 + Al Arabi defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 1.40

Al Arabi attack 1.90 + Al Salmiyah defence 1.36 → ÷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 Salmiyah scores more

33%

level

24%

Al Arabi scores more

43%

Al Arabi 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 Arabi 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