Baghdad 0–0 Naft Maysan: Result & Stats

Baghdad

FT

0 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Naft Maysan

5/4/2022

Iraqi League · Round 29Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 44+ matches

Baghdad33%

×Draw28%

Naft Maysan39%

✓ 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 matchNaft Maysan

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.

1.14

1.26

Baghdad

1.14

Naft Maysan

1.26

Naft Maysan creates 11% more chances

Season form · 44 home / 60 away

0.98

creates per match

1.20

1.32

allows per match

1.30

creates per match

Baghdad

0.98

Naft Maysan

1.20

allows per match

Baghdad

1.32

Naft Maysan

1.30

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Baghdad+0.00on par

Naft Maysan+0.00on par

Total goals

Under57
Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No51
Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Baghdad ↓

Naft Maysan →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–09%

0–111%

0–27%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–17%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–02%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

91%9%1.5

69%31%2.5

43%57%3.5

22%78%4.5

10%90%

Double chance

Baghdad or draw

61%

Baghdad or Naft Maysan

72%

Draw or Naft Maysan

67%

Winning margin

Baghdad wins by 2+

14%

Naft Maysan wins by 2+

17%

Team goals

Baghdad 1+ goals

68%

Baghdad 2+ goals

32%

Baghdad 3+ goals

11%

Naft Maysan 1+ goals

72%

Naft Maysan 2+ goals

36%

Naft Maysan 3+ goals

13%

Draw no bet

Baghdad (draw refunded)

46%

Naft Maysan (draw refunded)

54%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

36%

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 0.98, concedes 1.32 · 44 matches

Naft Maysan away — creates 1.20, concedes 1.30 · 60 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 0.98 + Naft Maysan defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.14

Naft Maysan attack 1.20 + Baghdad defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.26

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 39%?"

Baghdad scores more

33%

level

28%

Naft Maysan scores more

39%

Naft Maysan at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Naft Maysan 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