Al Taawon vs Al Okhdood — Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 51+ matches
Al Taawon52%
Al Okhdood23%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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 Taawon creates 64% more chances
Season form · 126 home / 51 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Taawon ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% 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 Taawon at home — creates 1.63, concedes 1.24 · 126 matches
Al Okhdood away — creates 0.76, concedes 1.65 · 51 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Taawon attack 1.63 + Al Okhdood defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.64
Al Okhdood attack 0.76 + Al Taawon defence 1.24 → ÷2 → 1.00
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 52%?"
Al Taawon at 52% 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 52% 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.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Al-Nassr
Al-Hilal Saudi FCAl Taawon
Al-Ahli Jeddah
Al Shabab
Al-Faisaly FC
Al Wehda Club
Al-Raed
Al-Fateh
Al-Ittihad FC
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Fayha
Al-Hazm
Al-Qadisiyah FC
Al Baten
OhodIf 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
Al Taawon host Al Okhdood on Saturday, 9 November 2024 at 17:00. The match is part of the Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Al Taawon vs Al Okhdood
Al Taawon beat Al Okhdood 1-0 in Pro League on November 9, 2024.
The match was played at Al Taawoun Club Stadium in Buraidah.