The small bars under each number are that side’s last six matches, home and away, against opponents of mixed strength, oldest on the left; the dashed line is the number we expect. Our forecast is for this opponent at this ground, so a favourite’s recent numbers often sit below it and an underdog’s above it.
What each side has actually done lately, home and away — a record, not a forecast.
Al Hilal should win this one. They have won five of their last six, the model expects them to create about a goal more per game than Al Riyadh, and Al Riyadh have not beaten them in their last five meetings. Expect goals: the model sees around four.
Al Hilal to win, priced again from the same expected goals if the match reaches these states.
Each row is the call re-priced for that scoreline at half-time. Lineups are not in it — we publish per-player shooting rates, not a squad-strength number, so what a rested front three does to this figure is not something we can honestly put a number on.
Chance of at least one goal before half-time: 81%
First-half numbers are our full-match forecast split by how much of each side's shooting and corners usually comes before the break. The small bars under each number are that side's last six first halves.
At half-time we update each side’s chance of scoring in the second half from what the first half showed.
Bawler's model rates this match: Al Hilal are favoured (80% win probability vs 7% for Al Riyadh, 13% draw). The model uses each side’s expected goals, recent form and the strength of the opposition.
The most likely scoreline from Bawler's model is Al Riyadh 0-2 Al Hilal (10.4% probability). Expected total goals: 3.7.
Bawler estimates each side's expected goals from its results and the quality of its chances, adjusted for the strength of the opposition and for home advantage, then works out the chance of every scoreline to get win, draw and both-teams-to-score probabilities. Team news and lineups are not built into these numbers. For this match that gives Al Riyadh 7%, the draw 13% and Al Hilal 80%. Every prediction is published before kickoff and settled afterwards.
BTTS: Yes (52% probability) — both attacks should find the net. Based on home expected goals 0.79 and away expected goals 2.89.
Bawler's model gives a combined expected-goals total of 3.7. The lean is Over 2.5 (a goal-fest is on the cards).