Esteghlal FC vs Al-Hilal Saudi FC — AFC Champions League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 20+ matches
Esteghlal FC33%
Al-Hilal Saudi FC42%✓ 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 577,134 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.8% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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-Hilal Saudi FC creates 15% more chances
Season form · 20 home / 39 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Esteghlal FC ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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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
Esteghlal FC at home — creates 1.55, concedes 0.85 · 20 matches
Al-Hilal Saudi FC away — creates 2.05, concedes 0.97 · 39 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Esteghlal FC attack 1.55 + Al-Hilal Saudi FC defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 1.26
Al-Hilal Saudi FC attack 2.05 + Esteghlal FC defence 0.85 → ÷2 → 1.45
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 42%?"
Al-Hilal Saudi FC at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Al-Hilal Saudi FC 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
Esteghlal FC host Al-Hilal Saudi FC on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 15:30. The match is part of the AFC Champions League 2018/2019 season.
AFC Champions League: Esteghlal FC 1–0 Al-Hilal Saudi FC
Esteghlal FC beat Al-Hilal Saudi FC 1-0 in AFC Champions League on February 20, 2018.
Goals: M. Thiam (46').
Al-Hilal Saudi FC controlled possession (60%) and registered 11 shots to 17.
The match was played at Seeb Stadium in Seeb.