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Gulf Cup Grp. A
Saudi Arabia vs IraqAI tip, prediction & stats
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:30 UTC
AI tip
medium confidenceSaudi Arabia win or draw
74%
Saudi Arabia are unbeaten in the group (2-0-0, 4-0 goals) and at home in Jeddah, with 3 clean sheets in their last 5 and only 1 goal conceded per game. Iraq have lost three of their last five and conceded 3 per game with no clean sheet in 7, so avoiding defeat looks the safest side of the market. The last H2H in Saudi Arabia was a 0-0 draw, supporting 1X over a straight home win.
Locked 2026-09-28 05:41 UTC · before kickoff · claude-opus-5
Pre-match stats
per game · last 5 matches| Saudi Arabia | Stat | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 3 |
| 2 | Match goals | 4 |
| 2/5 | Over 2.5 | 4/5 |
| 1/5 | Both scored | 3/5 |
| 3/5 | Clean sheets | 0/5 |
| 0.4 | xG for | 0.52 |
| 1.8 | xG against | 2.73 |
| 6.2 | Corners won | 3.6 |
| 5.6 | Corners conceded | 5.2 |
| 11.8 | Match corners | 8.8 |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 2 | Match cards | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | Shots on target | 2.4 |
| 9.2 | Fouls | 11.2 |
Head to head
- 2025-10-14Saudi Arabia0 - 0Iraq
- 2024-12-28Iraq1 - 3Saudi Arabia
- 2023-01-09Saudi Arabia0 - 2Iraq
- 2018-10-15Saudi Arabia1 - 1Iraq
- 2018-02-28Iraq4 - 1Saudi Arabia
- 2017-03-28Saudi Arabia1 - 0Iraq