Match details. Azerbaijan Cup, Round of 32. Kick-off is Tue 27 Oct, 11:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. Simal have won four, drawn three and lost three of their last ten, 1.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W D L D. Araz Nakhchivan PFK have won one, drawn two and lost seven of their last ten, 0.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L L D.
The numbers. Simal score 1.6 and concede 1.7 a game in their last seven at home, with no clean sheets. Araz Nakhchivan PFK score one and concede 2.1 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet and four games without a goal.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 24% against the records' 51%.
The read. No firm call: Simal are the better side, but not at this price. An open game. Their goals for and against make Simal the likelier winners; Simal are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Simal. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 64%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Araz Nakhchivan PFK or Over 2.5 Goals (the call backs Simal); Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Araz Nakhchivan PFK or Over 1.5 Goals (the call backs Simal). Predicted score: Simal 2-1 Araz Nakhchivan PFK (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).