Al-Hilal have looked a cut above the rest in the Saudi Pro League this season, and with a record of 18 wins and two losses in 20 games, it is difficult to back against them securing another win here against an opponent that have only just snapped up an eight-match winless league run.
While last week's victory would have gone a long way to improving the mood around the Al Ettifaq camp, we feel they will be no match for the Blue Waves 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-Hilal win with a probability of 69.16%. A draw had a probability of 18.1% and a win for Al Ettifaq had a probability of 12.77%.
The most likely scoreline for an Al-Hilal win was 0-2 with a probability of 11.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.84%) and 1-2 (9.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.52%), while for an Al Ettifaq win it was 1-0 (3.74%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Al-Hilal in this match.
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