Japan U17 vs Saudi Arabia U17 — AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 4+ matches
Japan U1750%
Saudi Arabia U1729%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Japan U17 creates 34% more chances
Season form · 8 home / 4 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over73
- Under27
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes71
- No29
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Japan U17 ↓
Most likely 2–1 (9%) · grid covers 91% 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
Japan U17 at home — creates 3.63, concedes 1.50 · 8 matches
Saudi Arabia U17 away — creates 1.75, concedes 0.75 · 4 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Japan U17 attack 3.63 + Saudi Arabia U17 defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 2.19
Saudi Arabia U17 attack 1.75 + Japan U17 defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.63
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 50%?"
Japan U17 at 50% 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 50% does not mean "Japan U17 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.
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Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small sample
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Japan U17 host Saudi Arabia U17 on Sunday, 13 April 2025 at 14:00. The match is part of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023/2024 season.
AFC U17 Asian Cup: Japan U17 2–2 Saudi Arabia U17
Japan U17 and Saudi Arabia U17 drew 2-2 in AFC U17 Asian Cup on April 13, 2025.
Goals: T. Seguchi (9' pen), Abubaker Abdelrahman Saeed (17' pen), Sabri Dahal (37'), H. Asada (72', 120+1' pen), Nasser Al Fihani (120+2' pen), M. Yoshida (120+3' pen), Yazeed Al Dosari (120+4' pen), Maher Tawashi (120+8' pen).
The match was played at Okadh Sport Club Stadium in Taif.