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Who will win Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia?

Onside's model gives Cape Verde a 36% win probability (28% draw, Saudi Arabia 36%). We publish every prediction before kickoff and grade it after full time. See every graded prediction. Full match breakdown below.
MODEL PREDICTION · GROUP H · MD3

Cape Verde vs Saudi ArabiaWin Probability & Model Prediction

Saturday, 27 June 2026 · 00:00 UTC · Houston

Onside's AI model gives Cape Verde 36%, draw 28%, and Saudi Arabia 36%. This is coin-flip territory — the model can't separate the two sides.

CAPE VERDE WIN
36%
DRAW
28%
SAUDI ARABIA WIN
36%
SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · BIVARIATE POISSON

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
1.391.40
★ MODE
11
13.4%
12
8.4%
21
8.3%
00
7.5%
01
7.1%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
53%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
58%

Pre-tournament prior model — posterior updates as the group stage plays. Scorelines computed from the model's bivariate Poisson with low-score (Dixon-Coles) correction. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

QUICK FACTS · MODEL OUTPUTS

Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia World Cup 2026 prediction

Onside's model gives Cape Verde 36%, draw 28%, and Saudi Arabia 36% — cape verde favoured. Calibrated against the rolling tournament hit-rate; every call is publicly graded after full-time on the model record.

Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia prediction score

Expected scoreline: 11 — rounded from the bivariate-Poisson expected goals (Cape Verde 1, Saudi Arabia 1). The full top-five most-likely scorelines are on this page below.

Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia head to head

Group H fixture at Houston, kickoff Sat 27 Jun, 00:00 UTC. Model anchors: FIFA rank (CPV #69 vs KSA #61), confederation, and live MD1+ form learned from this tournament's results.

Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia line up

Probable XIs and confirmed lineups land at the match centre as soon as managers release them — typically ~1 hour before kickoff. Onside's player-projection engine pre-computes the most-likely scoring threats per side from current tournament form.

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MODEL RATIONALE

Coin-flip on paper

Cape Verde (FIFA #69) and Saudi Arabia (FIFA #61) sit too close to separate. Both win probabilities are within two points of each other, with the draw absorbing the middle 28%.

MATCH CONTEXT

How the teams compare

WORLD RANKING
Cape Verde
#69
Saudi Arabia
#61
PREMIER LEAGUE PRESENCE
Cape Verde
0
Saudi Arabia
0
HOME SOIL
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
REGION
Cape Verde
CAF
Saudi Arabia
AFC
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