Karbala vs Al Quwa Al Jawiya — Iraqi League 2020
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 57+ matches
Karbala26%
Al Quwa Al Jawiya46%✓ Correct in 50 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: 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.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya creates 45% more chances
Season form · 57 home / 109 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
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, %
Karbala ↓
Most likely 0–1 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Karbala at home — creates 1.07, concedes 1.32 · 57 matches
Al Quwa Al Jawiya away — creates 1.39, concedes 0.79 · 109 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Karbala attack 1.07 + Al Quwa Al Jawiya defence 0.79 → ÷2 → 0.93
Al Quwa Al Jawiya attack 1.39 + Karbala defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.35
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 46%?"
Al Quwa Al Jawiya at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Al Quwa Al Jawiya 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
NaftAl Quwa Al Jawiya
Naft Al-Wasat
Al Najaf
Al Zawra'a
Al Talaba
Al Minaa Basra
Al Hudod
Erbil
Alsinaat Al Kahrabaiya
Al Shorta
Naft Al-Janoob
Baghdad
Al Kahrabaa
Naft MaysanIf 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
Karbala host Al Quwa Al Jawiya on Saturday, 16 December 2023 at 11:30. The match is part of the Iraqi League 2020/2021 season.
Iraqi League: Karbala 0–3 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
Al Quwa Al Jawiya beat Karbala 3-0 in Iraqi League on December 16, 2023.
The match was played at Al Kut Stadium in Al Kut.