Match details. An international friendly. Kick-off is Thu 1 Oct, 15:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. It is a friendly, so no points ride on it.
Form. 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. Lebanon have won five, drawn two and lost three of their last ten, 1.7 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L W W W.
The numbers. Maldives score 0.6 and concede two a game over their last ten, with no clean sheets and five games without a goal. Maldives average 1.3 corners a game. Lebanon score 1.9 and concede 0.9 a game over their last ten, with seven clean sheets and four games without a goal.
Head to head. The last time they met, on 28 Jun 2023, it finished Maldives 0-1 Lebanon.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 94% against the records' 59%.
The read. No firm call: Lebanon are the better side, but not at this price. A tight game. Their goals for and against make Lebanon the likelier winners; Lebanon are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Lebanon. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 46%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Predicted score: Maldives 0-1 Lebanon (14% chance).
The agreed story. No side to back (Lebanon 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).