Baghdad 0–2 Al Talaba: Result & Stats

Baghdad

FT

0 – 2

HT: 0 – 0

Al Talaba

Wakaa Ramadan 76' (pen)

D. Antwi 63'

2/22/2024

Iraqi League · Round 16Al-Madina International Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 32+ matches

Baghdad27%

×Draw28%

Al Talaba45%

✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

48.6%

Always home

43.8%

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.

BaghdadExpected goals in this matchAl Talaba

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.

0.95

1.33

Baghdad

0.95

Al Talaba

1.33

Al Talaba creates 40% more chances

Season form · 32 home / 39 away

0.94

creates per match

1.26

1.41

allows per match

0.97

creates per match

Baghdad

0.94

Al Talaba

1.26

allows per match

Baghdad

1.41

Al Talaba

0.97

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Baghdad+0.00on par

Al Talaba+0.00on par

Total goals

Under60
Over40

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No55
Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Baghdad ↓

Al Talaba →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–114%

0–29%

0–34%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–29%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–05%

2–16%

2–24%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–01%

3–12%

3–21%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–00%

4–10%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 0–1 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

66%34%2.5

40%60%3.5

20%80%4.5

8%92%

Double chance

Baghdad or draw

55%

Baghdad or Al Talaba

72%

Draw or Al Talaba

73%

Winning margin

Baghdad wins by 2+

9%

Al Talaba wins by 2+

21%

Team goals

Baghdad 1+ goals

61%

Baghdad 2+ goals

25%

Baghdad 3+ goals

7%

Al Talaba 1+ goals

74%

Al Talaba 2+ goals

38%

Al Talaba 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Baghdad (draw refunded)

37%

Al Talaba (draw refunded)

63%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

32%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

Baghdad at home — creates 0.94, concedes 1.41 · 32 matches

Al Talaba away — creates 1.26, concedes 0.97 · 39 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Baghdad attack 0.94 + Al Talaba defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 0.95

Al Talaba attack 1.26 + Baghdad defence 1.41 → ÷2 → 1.33

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 45%?"

Baghdad scores more

27%

level

28%

Al Talaba scores more

45%

Al Talaba at 45% 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 45% does not mean "Al Talaba 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.

Match Events

63'

D. Antwi

76'

Wakaa RamadanPenalty

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff