Saipa 0–1 Naft Masjed Soleyman: Result & Stats

Saipa

FT

0 – 1

HT: 0 – 1

Naft Masjed Soleyman

12/5/2023

Azadegan League · Round 15Enghelab Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 34+ matches

Saipa46%

×Draw30%

Naft Masjed Soleyman24%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

SaipaExpected goals in this matchNaft Masjed Soleyman

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.

1.19

0.76

Saipa

1.19

Naft Masjed Soleyman

0.76

Saipa creates 57% more chances

Season form · 84 home / 34 away

1.18

creates per match

0.94

0.58

allows per match

1.21

creates per match

Saipa

1.18

Naft Masjed Soleyman

0.94

allows per match

Saipa

0.58

Naft Masjed Soleyman

1.21

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Saipa+0.00on par

Naft Masjed Soleyman+0.00on par

Total goals

Under69
Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No63
Yes37

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Saipa ↓

Naft Masjed Soleyman →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–111%

0–24%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–017%

1–113%

1–25%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–010%

2–18%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–13%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

58%42%2.5

31%69%3.5

13%87%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Saipa or draw

76%

Saipa or Naft Masjed Soleyman

70%

Draw or Naft Masjed Soleyman

54%

Winning margin

Saipa wins by 2+

20%

Naft Masjed Soleyman wins by 2+

7%

Team goals

Saipa 1+ goals

70%

Saipa 2+ goals

33%

Saipa 3+ goals

12%

Naft Masjed Soleyman 1+ goals

53%

Naft Masjed Soleyman 2+ goals

18%

Naft Masjed Soleyman 3+ goals

4%

Draw no bet

Saipa (draw refunded)

66%

Naft Masjed Soleyman (draw refunded)

34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

24%

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

Saipa at home — creates 1.18, concedes 0.58 · 84 matches

Naft Masjed Soleyman away — creates 0.94, concedes 1.21 · 34 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Saipa attack 1.18 + Naft Masjed Soleyman defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.19

Naft Masjed Soleyman attack 0.94 + Saipa defence 0.58 → ÷2 → 0.76

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 46%?"

Saipa scores more

46%

level

30%

Naft Masjed Soleyman scores more

24%

Saipa 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 "Saipa 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