While Al Okhdood will be feeling a lot better about themselves after picking up their first win of the new campaign last weekend, they are now set to face an Al Ittihad side that look like they mean business this season.
With Benzema back in form, the visitors have been scoring almost at will this term, and we feel they will secure a fairly comfortable victory in this one.
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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 Al Ittihad win with a probability of 44.36%. A win for Al Okhdood had a probability of 32.21% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for an Al Ittihad win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.41%) and 0-2 (6.34%). The likeliest Al Okhdood win was 2-1 (7.56%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.58%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Al Ittihad in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Al Ittihad.
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