Match ☆ 03 Oct 2026
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Penalty shootout · winner Saudi Arabia
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The models what they said before kick-off
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Saudi Arabia Qatar
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 3 0
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 17 20
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 0.73 0.00
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 26.0% 28.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 23.0% 24.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 23.0% 24.5%
Σ Nboth sides' runs added 3
Σ Eboth sides' draw debt added 0.73

These are the figures that held before kick-off: each side's record over every match it had played before 3 Oct 2026, computed exactly as the predictor computes today's. Draw score and rank are left out: both place a team against the whole field, and the field can only be scored as it stands now.

Team strength · Elo
Saudi Arabia 1,776
Qatar 1,599
Rating gap +237 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 19.9% 200–299 · 8,423 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.52 – 0.79 home – away
Home win 53.8%
Draw 27.2% every level score added up
Away win 19.0%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 24.8% 70% goals model · 30% Elo gap
Goals model said 27.2% form only
This Elo gap said 19.9% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

Both figures are what the models knew before this match — neither ever reads the result it is describing, so they can be compared with what actually happened. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.