Najran 0–1 Al Jabalain: Result & Stats | Division 1

Najran

FT

0 – 1

Al Jabalain

9/19/2018

Division 1 · Round 4Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Mahalah)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 76+ matches

Najran34%

×Draw28%

Al Jabalain38%

✓ 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.

NajranExpected goals in this matchAl Jabalain

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.

1.12

1.21

Najran

1.12

Al Jabalain

1.21

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 76 home / 128 away

1.13

creates per match

1.17

1.26

allows per match

1.11

creates per match

Najran

1.13

Al Jabalain

1.17

allows per match

Najran

1.26

Al Jabalain

1.11

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Najran+0.00on par

Al Jabalain+0.00on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No53
Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Najran ↓

Al Jabalain →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–112%

0–27%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–17%

2–24%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–02%

3–13%

3–22%

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

90%10%1.5

68%32%2.5

41%59%3.5

21%79%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Najran or draw

62%

Najran or Al Jabalain

72%

Draw or Al Jabalain

66%

Winning margin

Najran wins by 2+

14%

Al Jabalain wins by 2+

16%

Team goals

Najran 1+ goals

67%

Najran 2+ goals

31%

Najran 3+ goals

10%

Al Jabalain 1+ goals

70%

Al Jabalain 2+ goals

34%

Al Jabalain 3+ goals

12%

Draw no bet

Najran (draw refunded)

47%

Al Jabalain (draw refunded)

53%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

34%

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

Najran at home — creates 1.13, concedes 1.26 · 76 matches

Al Jabalain away — creates 1.17, concedes 1.11 · 128 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Najran attack 1.13 + Al Jabalain defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 1.12

Al Jabalain attack 1.17 + Najran defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.21

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 38%?"

Najran scores more

34%

level

28%

Al Jabalain scores more

38%

Al Jabalain at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Al Jabalain 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