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Bahla vs Al Musannah — Professional League 2019

Bahla
Bahla
FT
2 – 2
Al Musannah
Al Musannah
1/13/2021Professional LeagueProfessional League · Round 5Nizwa Sports Complex

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 31+ matches

Bahla36%
×Draw29%
Al Musannah35%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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.

Bahla
1.10
Al Musannah
1.08

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 77 home / 31 away

creates per match

Bahla
1.27
Al Musannah
1.00

allows per match

Bahla
1.16
Al Musannah
0.94

finishing

Bahla+0.00on par
Al Musannah+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

56%No
  • No56
  • Yes44

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bahla ↓

Al Musannah →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–112%
0–27%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–012%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–17%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–21%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
18%82%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Bahla or draw
65%
Bahla or Al Musannah
71%
Draw or Al Musannah
64%

Winning margin

Bahla wins by 2+
14%
Al Musannah wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Bahla 1+ goals
67%
Bahla 2+ goals
30%
Bahla 3+ goals
10%
Al Musannah 1+ goals
66%
Al Musannah 2+ goals
29%
Al Musannah 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Bahla (draw refunded)
51%
Al Musannah (draw refunded)
49%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
31%
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

Bahla at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.16 · 77 matches

Al Musannah away — creates 1.00, concedes 0.94 · 31 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bahla attack 1.27 + Al Musannah defence 0.94 → ÷2 → 1.10

Al Musannah attack 1.00 + Bahla defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.08

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 36%?"

Bahla scores more
36%
level
29%
Al Musannah scores more
35%

Bahla at 36% 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 36% does not mean "Bahla 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

Professional League: Bahla 2–2 Al Musannah

Bahla and Al Musannah drew 2-2 in Professional League on January 13, 2021.

The match was played at Nizwa Sports Complex in Nizwa.