Saudi Pro League

Al Riyadh 2–1 Al Taawon

Final score · Half-time 1–0 · Latest results

When the value flag on Al Taawon was recorded live, the sharp market made Al Taawon the most likely outcome at 50% (fair odds 2.01). On Al Taawon, Unibet (NL) offered 2.04, +1.7% above its fair price of 2.01 (Value flag). Recent form — Al Riyadh: LDWDL; Al Taawon: LDWLD.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 13' Mohammed Bassam Al Hurayji · yellow card · Al Taawon
  2. 39' 1–0 Teddy Okou · goal · assist Bernard Mensah · Al Riyadh
  3. 45+3' Abderrazak Hamdallah · disallowed by VAR · Al Taawon
  4. 76' 2–0 Bernard Mensah · goal · Al Riyadh
  5. 78' 2–1 Nedim Bajrami · goal · Al Taawon
  6. 90+3' Ibrahim Mohannashi · yellow card · Al Taawon

Match stats

Match statsAl RiyadhAl Taawon
Possession %3862
Expected goals (xG)1.570.47
Shots1310
Shots on target64
Corners210
Yellow cards02
Red cards00
Fouls910
Offsides22
Goalkeeper saves34

What the market said before kick-off

  • Al Riyadh win 34% happened
  • Draw 28% did not happen
  • Al Taawon win 38% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 47% happened
  • Value flag before kick-off: 2 · Al Taawon @ 2.04 (Unibet (NL)) Lost

CLV -22.4% vs the fair close. One flag on its own says little; the rule is judged on all of them.

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Shukri Hussain Al Hunfush · Venue: SHG Arena, Riyadh

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Al Riyadh 4-4-2

  1. 82 M. Borjan GK
  2. 32 Awad Dahal DF
  3. 5 Hossam Majrashi DF
  4. 26 R. Abascal DF
  5. 23 Hussain Qasim DF
  6. 43 B. Mensah MF
  7. 6 K. Keita MF
  8. 22 V. Lekhal MF
  9. 10 T. Okou MF
  10. 7 Trézéguet FW
  11. 19 A. M. Al Harthi FW

Bench: H. Al Ali, F. Al Jayzani, Ahmed Al Anazi, Y. M. Al Musa, Hussain Al-Raqwani, Battal Al Harthi, Sulaiman Hazazi, J. Petek, Osama Al Bowardi

Coach: Maurício Dulac

Al Taawon 5-4-1

  1. 1 Mailson GK
  2. 6 Mohammed Bassam Al Hurayji DF
  3. 40 Ibrahim Mahnashi DF
  4. 5 Z. Belaïd DF
  5. 4 Nasser Al Haleel DF
  6. 88 M. Petkov DF
  7. 7 Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi MF
  8. 16 Faris Al Ghamdi MF
  9. 18 A. El Mahdioui MF
  10. 8 P. Guiagon MF
  11. 9 A. Hamed Allah FW

Bench: Abdullah Al Jadani, Awn Al Saluli, Ali Ahmed Ali Halawi Sharahili, Rakan Al Tulayhi, Mohammed Al Saedi, N. Bajrami, Y. El Bahraoui, Mohammed Al Aqel, Adel Sami Fallatah

Coach: V. Rašović

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 36 / 27 / 38% when the line-ups came out, 34 / 28 / 38% at kick-off.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value opportunity before kick-off Value flag

2 Al Taawon @ 2.04
Bookmaker Unibet (NL)
Price observed
Flag recorded @ 2.04 (Unibet (NL)) · recorded live, before kick-off
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 2.01
Unibet (NL) 2.04
Market Gap +1.7%
Confidence Medium
Model agreement Low

Confidence reflects only the sharp probability of the selection: high from 50%, medium from 40%, low below. It says how likely the result is, not how big the price gap is. Model agreement shows how close our own model is to the sharp market on this selection — when it is Low, the market and our model disagree, so treat the flag with more caution.

Value flag result Lost · 2 -1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, Al Taawon (2) was priced at 2.04 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 2.01 — a +1.7% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

The market's two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 76% · as recorded

No single result was 55% likely or more when we logged the match, so this line adds up the two most likely outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded28%24%48%
Other estimates
Our model42%27%30%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds (as recorded) 1.32
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 3.30 / 3.70 / 1.98
Result in our track record Won · 1

Match context

Al Riyadh averaged 0.6 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Al Taawon averaged 0.8 and 1.4 over 5.

Since opening around 1.98, the sharp market price on Al Taawon has drifted to 2.63 — the market has moved against this outcome.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Why this price?

Al Riyadh
L D W D L
avg 0.6 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)
Al Taawon
L D W L D
avg 0.8 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
15 May 2026 Al Taawon 1–1 Al Riyadh
18 Jan 2026 Al Riyadh 1–3 Al Taawon
20 May 2025 Al Taawon 3–2 Al Riyadh
21 Jan 2025 Al Riyadh 1–0 Al Taawon

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Proof & methodology

The timestamped record of this prediction, and how the fair price is made.

Value lifecycle Settled

Detected ·
2 Al Taawon · soft 2.04 (Unibet (NL)) · fair 2.01 · edge +1.7%
Opening sharp
1.98
At close
2.63 · CLV -22.4%
Result
Lost -1.00u 🔒 Recorded live before kick-off

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.24
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.33
Prediction CLV -6.9%
Result Won
Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 2 · Al Taawon
Odds when flagged 2.04
Fair odds 2.01
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 2.63
Value CLV -22.4%
Profit (units) -1.00
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 9eec12a8306a6192

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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