Al Shorta vs Al-Ittihad FC — AFC Champions League Elite 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
Al Shorta23%
Al-Ittihad FC58%✓ Correct in 49 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: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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-Ittihad FC creates 65% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over75
- Under25
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes70
- No30
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Shorta ↓
Most likely 1–2 (9%) · grid covers 90% of scorelines
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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 Shorta at home — creates 1.17, concedes 2.67 · 6 matches
Al-Ittihad FC away — creates 2.20, concedes 1.80 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Shorta attack 1.17 + Al-Ittihad FC defence 1.80 → ÷2 → 1.48
Al-Ittihad FC attack 2.20 + Al Shorta defence 2.67 → ÷2 → 2.44
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 58%?"
Al-Ittihad FC at 58% 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 58% does not mean "Al-Ittihad FC 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.
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Statistics
Al Shorta host Al-Ittihad FC on Monday, 20 October 2025 at 16:00. The match is part of the AFC Champions League Elite 2025/2026 season.
Match Recap: Al Shorta vs Al-Ittihad FC
Al-Ittihad FC beat Al Shorta 4-1 in AFC Champions League Elite on October 20, 2025.
Goals: B. Shakir (5'), M. Diaby (17'), Fabinho (29'), H. Aouar (60', 76').
Al Shorta controlled possession (56%) and registered 22 shots to 14.
The match was played at Al-Madina Stadium in Baghdad.