New York Cosmos 1-0 Alta — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - USL League 1, 16 Aug 2026

📅16/08/2026 · 🕒02:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
42%
2.38
Draw
20%
3.45
Away
38%
2.51
Under/Over 2.5
Under
41%
2.23
Over
59%
1.61
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
62%
1.45
No
38%
2.56
Total Goals
0-1
25%
2-3
40%
4-5
22%
6+
13%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
20%
1/2
10%
1/X
9%
X/1
11%
X/2
19%
X/X
7%
2/1
11%
2/2
9%
2/X
4%
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik model signals — not real match figures
HOME New York Cosmos The Market 42%
Head to Head
AWAY Alta The Market 40%
Great Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Great Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Average
1.44 Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better 1.27
1.13 Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better 1.27
Average Attackvs comparable teams Great
Great Defensevs comparable teams Average
51% Ball Possession 49%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
313 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 380 · 82%
15.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 13.0
8.9 Crosses 11.2
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME New York Cosmos
0W-0D-1L
AWAY Alta
0.00 Avg Goals (FT) 4.00
0.82 xG 0.47
39% Ball Possession 61%
15 Total Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 1
301 Passes 557
82% Pass Accuracy 89%
23 Box Touches 7
16 Crosses 2
3 Yellow Cards 2
24.05.2026 Alta Alta 4-0 HT 2-0 New York Cosmos New York Cosmos USL1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME New York Cosmos
1-0
AWAY Alta
1.64 xG 0.24
17 Total Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 2
217 Passes 469
31 Box Touches 11
18 Crosses 4
1 Yellow Cards 4
REVIEW New York Cosmos vs Alta
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

New York Cosmos edged past Alta 1-0. It stood 0-0 at the interval — everything that mattered happened after the restart.

The model refused to pick a side here (42% / 20% / 38%); New York Cosmos picked one for it. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (59%), both teams to score (62%) — went the other way, though.

By the numbers, shots finished 17-6, expected goals 1.64 to 0.24 — on chances created, New York Cosmos won this by more than the scoreboard admits.

New York Cosmos vs Alta Result & Final Score

New York Cosmos 1-0 Alta in the USA - USL League 1 on 16/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

New York Cosmos vs Alta Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a New York Cosmos win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split New York Cosmos 42%, draw 20%, Alta 38%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (New York Cosmos) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (New York Cosmos) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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