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Oman Club vs MuscatProfessional League 2019

11/1/2020Professional LeagueProfessional League · Round 26Royal Oman Police Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 30+ matches

Oman Club44%
×Draw29%
Muscat27%
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.

Oman Club
1.25
Muscat
0.92

Oman Club creates 36% more chances

Season form · 79 home / 30 away

creates per match

Oman Club
1.03
Muscat
0.87

allows per match

Oman Club
0.97
Muscat
1.47

finishing

Oman Club+0.00on par
Muscat+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Oman Club

Muscat
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
0111%
025%
031%
040%
1
1014%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
209%
218%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
313%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · 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
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Oman Club or draw
73%
Oman Club or Muscat
71%
Draw or Muscat
56%

Winning margin

Oman Club wins by 2+
20%
Muscat wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Oman Club 1+ goals
71%
Oman Club 2+ goals
36%
Oman Club 3+ goals
13%
Muscat 1+ goals
60%
Muscat 2+ goals
23%
Muscat 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Oman Club (draw refunded)
62%
Muscat (draw refunded)
38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Oman Club at homecreates 1.03, concedes 0.97 · 79 matches

Muscat awaycreates 0.87, concedes 1.47 · 30 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Oman Club attack 1.03 + Muscat defence 1.47 → ÷2 → 1.25

Muscat attack 0.87 + Oman Club defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 0.92

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 44%?"

Oman Club scores more
44%
level
29%
Muscat scores more
27%

Oman Club at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Oman Club 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: Oman Club 0–1 Muscat

Muscat beat Oman Club 1-0 in Professional League on November 1, 2020.

The match was played at Royal Oman Police Stadium in Muscat.