Saudi Arabia
1 - 0
Lebanon

Albirakan (48')

FT(HT: 0-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's friendly clash between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Saudi Arabia

All competitions

Last Game: Jordan 0-2 Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, November 21 at 4pm in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Next Game: Saudi Arabia vs. Lebanon
Thursday, January 4 at 1.30pm in International Friendlies

Current Group C Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Argentina	3	3	6
2	Poland	3	0	4
3	Mexico	3	-1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	-2	3

Lebanon

Last Game: Lebanon 2-1 Jordan
Thursday, December 28 at 12pm in International Friendlies

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 40.9%. A win for Lebanon had a probability of 33.18% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Saudi Arabia win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.71%) and 2-0 (6.98%). The likeliest Lebanon win was 0-1 (8.7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.31%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Saudi Arabia in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia	Draw	Lebanon
1-0 @ 9.86% 2-1 @ 8.71% 2-0 @ 6.98% 3-1 @ 4.11% 3-0 @ 3.29% 3-2 @ 2.57% 4-1 @ 1.45% 4-0 @ 1.17% 4-2 @ 0.91% Other @ 1.85% Total : 40.9%	1-1 @ 12.31% 0-0 @ 6.97% 2-2 @ 5.44% 3-3 @ 1.07% Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.91%	0-1 @ 8.7% 1-2 @ 7.69% 0-2 @ 5.43% 1-3 @ 3.2% 2-3 @ 2.26% 0-3 @ 2.26% 1-4 @ 1% Other @ 2.64% Total : 33.18%

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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