Tajikistan vs Palestine Prediction: a narrow Tajikistan win

The prediction

Tajikistan favoured at 61% — model xG 1.6 vs 0.7.

Every market we call on this match

• Tajikistan or drawDouble chance tips today85%1.18
• Tajikistan (draw no bet)Draw no bet tips today81%1.23
• Tajikistan to winMatch result tips today61%1.64
• Correct score 1-0Correct score tips today15.1%6.62

Odds shown are implied by the model's own probability, not quoted from a bookmaker. Markets missing from this list are ones the numbers did not clear the bar on.

The reasoning

On the match result the model has Tajikistan at 61 percent, with the draw at 25 percent. That is a clear lean rather than a coin toss. The model expects roughly 1.6 goals from Tajikistan and 0.7 from Palestine, a combined 2.4, which is around the average for a competitive fixture. Three markets clear our bar on this fixture: Tajikistan or draw at 85 percent, Tajikistan (draw no bet) at 81 percent and Tajikistan to win at 61 percent. The most likely exact scoreline is 1-0, though at 15.1 percent that is a long shot by the nature of the correct score market. It does not publish a pick on over 2.5 goals and both teams to score here, which means the numbers did not clear the bar rather than that we forgot to look. A market with no pick is the model saying it sees no edge.

Generated from the same form, expected goals and head-to-head data that produced the picks above. How the model works.

Full-time result probabilities

Expected goals

Tajikistan1.65

Palestine0.74

Expected goals estimate how many each side should score given the chances the model projects they will create and concede.