Match details. An international friendly. Kick-off is Mon 28 Sep, 15:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. It is a friendly, so no points ride on it.
Form. Kyrgyzstan have won two, drawn three and lost five of their last ten, 0.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L D D D. Maldives have won one, drawn one and lost eight of their last ten, 0.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L L L.
The numbers. Kyrgyzstan score 1.6 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet. Kyrgyzstan average 8.7 shots (3.4 on target), 3.2 corners and 1.6 cards a game. Maldives score 0.5 and concede 2.2 a game in their last six away, with no clean sheets and three games without a goal. Maldives average 1.3 corners a game.
Head to head. The last time they met, on 21 May 2014, it finished Kyrgyzstan 0-2 Maldives.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 94% against the records' 66%.
The read. No firm call: Kyrgyzstan are the better side, but not at this price. A tight game. Their goals for and against make Kyrgyzstan the likelier winners; Kyrgyzstan are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Kyrgyzstan. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 41%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Predicted score: Kyrgyzstan 1-0 Maldives (12% chance).
The agreed story. No side to back (Kyrgyzstan the favourite), a tight game.
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).