Saudi Arabia vs Algeria — Friendlies 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 12+ matches
Saudi Arabia34%
Algeria39%✓ Correct in 51 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: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.
Algeria creates 10% more chances
Season form · 36 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Saudi Arabia ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% 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
Saudi Arabia at home — creates 1.00, concedes 0.83 · 36 matches
Algeria away — creates 1.75, concedes 1.33 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Saudi Arabia attack 1.00 + Algeria defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.17
Algeria attack 1.75 + Saudi Arabia defence 0.83 → ÷2 → 1.29
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 39%?"
Algeria at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Algeria 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.
Match Events
Algeria substitutes
Head to Head
Saudi Arabia host Algeria on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 at 18:30. The match is part of the Friendlies 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Saudi Arabia vs Algeria
Saudi Arabia beat Algeria 2-0 in Friendlies on May 9, 2018.
Goals: Salman Al Faraj (24'), Yehya Al Shehri (81').
The match was played at Estadio Ramón de Carranza (Cádiz).