Al-Fateh vs Al Diriyah Pro League prediction & result
Final score: Al-Fateh 1-2 Al Diriyah.
Before kick-off the model made it 38% Al-Fateh, 31% draw, 31% Al Diriyah — fair odds of 2.63, 3.23 and 3.23.
Most likely scoreline: 1-0.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
Al-Fateh at 38%: of 4,828 settled 30–40% forecasts, 33.4% came in (average 33.7%). It can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 3 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Al-Fateh vs Al Diriyah
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 1A. SemperG
- 22A. R. Al Khaibre
- 3K. BoatengD
- 78A. Al SuwailemD
- 16A. I. Al KhaibariD
- 8M. LixandruM
- 28Z. YoussoufM
- 11M. BatnaM
- 80F. Al AbdulwahedM
- 10L. HaraslinM
- 9W. KangaF
- 94W. Al EneziG
- 87Bin Mahmoud
- 4Z. Al JariD
- 63M. Al ShqaqD
- 18A. Al FawazM
- 6A. Al HassanM
- 7F. Al ZubaidiF
- 49S. Al SharfaF
- 20H. EssadakM
- 22N. VasiljG
- 2A. Al FarajD
- 99C. MbembaD
- 19B. DjimsitiD
- 16K. A. Al Sibyani H.D
- 88A. Al MalkiM
- 5I. GueyeM
- 17C. DiandyM
- 20E. MillotM
- 10A. BoulbinaM
- 29D. NunezF
- 33W. AbdullahG
- 87Q. LajamiD
- 12T. Wadi
- 21M. HameranD
- 78K. Al AsiriD
- 52H. Al QahtaniM
- 6S. Al FarhanM
- 11H. BahebriF
- 75M. Al NemerF
Form going into Al-Fateh vs Al Diriyah
Al-Fateh
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- D0-0away to Al Taawon5 September 2026
- D0-0Al-Ittihad29 August 2026
Al Diriyah
All competitions we cover
- L0-2Al-Qadisiyah FC3 September 2026
- W3-0away to Al-Ettifaq29 August 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Saudi Arabia Pro League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Al-Fateh | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 6 |
| 8 | Al Diriyah | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
The result against the call
Al Diriyah won 2–1 at Al-Fateh. The model had leaned towards a win for Al-Fateh at 38% and given a win for Al Diriyah 31%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 3 matches like this one. The goals: D. Nunez (penalty) 28' for Al Diriyah, F. Al Abdulwahed 35' for Al-Fateh, A. Boulbina (penalty) 45' for Al Diriyah. On expected goals it finished 1.28–2.53.