Argentina vs Saudi Arabia — World Cup 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 6+ matches
Argentina70%
Saudi Arabia11%✓ Correct in 51 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: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.
Argentina creates 210% more chances
Season form · 10 home / 6 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- No57
- Yes43
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Argentina ↓
Most likely 2–0 (14%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines
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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
Argentina at home — creates 2.00, concedes 1.00 · 10 matches
Saudi Arabia away — creates 0.33, concedes 2.17 · 6 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Argentina attack 2.00 + Saudi Arabia defence 2.17 → ÷2 → 2.08
Saudi Arabia attack 0.33 + Argentina defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.67
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 70%?"
Argentina at 70% 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 70% does not mean "Argentina 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
Head to Head
If 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
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Argentina host Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 10:00. The match is part of the World Cup 2026/2027 season.
World Cup: Argentina 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia beat Argentina 2-1 in World Cup on November 22, 2022.
Goals: L. Messi (10' pen), Saleh Al Shehri (48'), Salem Al Dawsari (53').
Argentina controlled possession (69%) and registered 15 shots to 3.
The match was played at Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail.