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Group stage · Group H · Match 65

Cape VerdevsSaudi Arabia

your time · Fri 26 Jun, 19:00 GMT-5 at the venue

NRG Stadium, Houston, United States

Model prediction

win / draw / win
29.5% Cape Verde33.5% draw37.0% Saudi Arabia

Expected goals 0.83 – 0.97

Rating

What's driving this: Saudi Arabia have a slight rating edge (+47 Elo).

Why — factor breakdown

every clause from real data
  • Elo rating
    Cape Verde 1633.9 · Saudi Arabia 1681.2
    Saudi Arabia +47 · slight
  • FIFA ranking
    Cape Verde #69 · Saudi Arabia #61
  • Recent form
    Cape Verde 5W-1D-0L · Saudi Arabia 2W-2D-2L

Most-likely scorelines

Dixon-Coles

Scorelines populate when the run's extras are published.

Recent form

last 6 competitive
Cape Verde
WDWWWW
Saudi Arabia
DWLDLW

Head to head

historical meetings

No previous meetings on record.