We said: Al-Nassr 3-1 Al Ettifaq
Al-Nassr have a solid home record and will win this emphatically if they bring their best game against a side that has struggled for a while.
For a side showing no form at all, facing a dominant side away from home is not the ideal assignment for Gerrard's men, and the mission will be to keep the result respectable.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Al-Nassr win with a probability of 71.37%. A draw had a probability of 17.2% and a win for Al Ettifaq had a probability of 11.43%.
The most likely scoreline for an Al-Nassr win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.85%) and 2-1 (9.52%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.12%), while for an Al Ettifaq win it was 0-1 (3.46%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for Al-Nassr in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Al-Nassr.