· Full time · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
The actual result matched our pre-match lean. One match never validates a model — results are noisy by nature.
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Spain 80%, draw 16%, Saudi Arabia 4%.
This is our latest read, with current confirmed team news folded into the model (see “What we considered” below). Our track record always grades the locked pre-match call we made before lineups were posted — so this number may differ slightly from the one on the results page. We never rewrite a locked prediction.
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Over 2.5 goals: 48% · Under 2.5: 52%.
Every factor the model weighed for this match — including the ones worth nothing. Each is capped so it can nudge, never flip, a clear matchup. A “no change” line means we considered it and had no reliable data — that transparency is the point, not a gap.
Neutral venue — no host, no home-field advantage (0).
Spain arrive as clear favourites with a commanding technical edge — superior ball retention, sharper finishing, a gulf in class the model sees plainly. Saudi Arabia will need discipline, shape, and a counter-attacking spark to stay in the contest. Control will likely be Spain's; the question is whether they convert it.
Spain's midfield dominance versus Saudi Arabia's need to break compactly and hit on transition.
Spain's superior pedigree and possession prowess — Saudi Arabia must make them uncomfortable without the ball.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Context only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event or it's in our scheduled-venue data — we never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
Real measured stats for this match — shown for transparency. They are not part of the prediction above, which is a pre-match estimate from team ratings.
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No confirmed lineup yet — not applied (0). We never guess at availability; we wait for the confirmed XI.
No confirmed lineup, and no tracked key players for Saudi Arabia (0).
shorter-than-average squad (5 tallest outfielders ~190cm vs a ~190cm field) → -0 Elo set-piece nudge. Estimated from squad height (a rough proxy, weighted toward aerial defence); modest by design.
shorter-than-average squad (5 tallest outfielders ~186cm vs a ~190cm field) → -6 Elo set-piece nudge. Estimated from squad height (a rough proxy, weighted toward aerial defence); modest by design.
Over 21 tournament matches: xG-for 2.45/g, xG-against 1.55/g (xGD +0.91/g, +1.5 SD vs the field). Shrunk for a 21-game sample → +24 Elo. The team created better chances than it converted; a bounded, modest chance-quality nudge.
Over 6 tournament matches: xG-for 1.04/g, xG-against 1.76/g (xGD -0.72/g, -1.3 SD vs the field). Shrunk for a 6-game sample → -13 Elo. The team ran hotter than its chance quality; a bounded, modest chance-quality nudge.
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Considered — deferred (0). Extreme heat/humidity mainly lowers tempo and scoring, not who wins; we don't apply it as an outcome factor.
Considered — no weather data for this venue/date (0). Weather only nudges the goal total; it does not move who wins.
Considered — no reliable neutral-venue crowd-composition data (0). We won't fabricate a partisan-crowd estimate.
Player availability uses a curated key-player heuristic against the confirmed starting XI (via Flashscore), not a fitted impact model. Weather is real match-day data from Open-Meteo and only nudges the goal total — its measured effect on who wins is ~zero. We only ever apply a factor on real, confirmed data; otherwise it is exactly 0.
At least one factor moved the prediction on real confirmed data; the rest were considered and contributed nothing.