Saudi Arabia
1 - 0
Japan

Albirakan (71')

FT(HT: 0-0)

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The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Asia clash between Saudi Arabia and Japan, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Saudi Arabia win with a probability of 46.63%. A win for Japan had a probability of 30.95% and a draw had a probability of 22.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Saudi Arabia win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.05%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.53%) and 2-0 (6.09%). The likeliest Japan win was 1-2 (7.22%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.71%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Saudi Arabia would win this match.

Result
Saudi Arabia	Draw	Japan
46.63%	22.42%	30.95%

Both teams to score 65.41%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

65.09%

34.91%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

43.11%

56.89%

Saudi Arabia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.5%

15.5%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.61%

44.39%

Japan Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.41%

22.59%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.8%

56.2%

Score Analysis

Saudi Arabia 46.63%

Japan 30.95%

Draw 22.42%

Saudi Arabia	Draw	Japan
2-1 @ 9.05% 1-0 @ 6.53% 2-0 @ 6.09% 3-1 @ 5.63% 3-2 @ 4.19% 3-0 @ 3.78% 4-1 @ 2.62% 4-2 @ 1.95% 4-0 @ 1.76% 5-1 @ 0.98% 4-3 @ 0.97% Other @ 3.09% Total : 46.63%	1-1 @ 9.71% 2-2 @ 6.73% 0-0 @ 3.5% 3-3 @ 2.08% Other @ 0.4% Total : 22.42%	1-2 @ 7.22% 0-1 @ 5.21% 0-2 @ 3.87% 1-3 @ 3.58% 2-3 @ 3.34% 0-3 @ 1.92% 1-4 @ 1.33% 2-4 @ 1.24% Other @ 3.23% Total : 30.95%