Predicted Edge

Iraq v Iran

Iraq won 0 of the last 3Iran won 3 of the last 5
Over 1.5
76%
Over 2.5
51%
Over 3.5
29%
Both score
54%
Model pick
Iran 50%
Likely score
1-1 12%
Expected goals
1.07 – 1.65

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

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11 selections across the match result, Asian handicap, total goals, both teams to score and correct score, each with our probability and fair price beside the best price available and the gap between them. Published for everyone once the day is over.

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Iran favoured against Iraq

Our model makes Iraq 24% to win this Friendlies fixture, with the draw at 26% and Iran at 50%. The goal projection is 1.07 for Iraq against 1.65 for Iran — a substantial edge to Iran on expected output. A combined 2.72 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 51% and both teams to score at 54%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 12%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores
1-1 12%
0-1 10%
1-2 10%
0-2 9%
0-0 7%

This season

Season records for Iraq and Iran
Iraq Iran
3Played6
0-0-3W-D-L3-0-3
0.00Pts / game1.50
0.33Goals for / game2.00
4.00Goals against / game1.33
100%Over 2.567%
33%BTTS50%
0%Clean sheets33%
67%Failed to score17%
0-0-1Home record2-0-1
0-0-2Away record1-0-2
L3StreakL2

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Iraq · Iran

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
—Shots8.0
—Shots on target3.0
—Corners5.0
—Cards2.00
—Fouls17.0
—Possession %33
—xG—
—sample1 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
—Shots12.0
—Shots on target5.0
—Corners5.0
—Cards1.00
—Fouls11.0
—Possession %67
—xG—
—sample1 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
IraqMetricIran
0.80Goals scored0.80
2.60Goals conceded1.60 (better)
0.39Expected goals (xG)1.36 (better)
Big chances
0.50Shots on target3.50 (better)
5.00Total shots11.25 (better)
Touches in opp. box
2.50Corners3.25 (better)
37.5Possession %37.8 (better)
374 (better)Passes341
Tackles
7.50 (better)Fouls13.00
0.00 (better)Offsides2.50
Throw-ins
1.50 (better)Yellow cards2.00
1.00Red cards0.00 (better)

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

No previous meetings on record.