Al Sharjah 3-1 Al Ittihad Kalba — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UAE - League, 18 Jan 2026

📅18/01/2026 · 🕒18:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
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
51%
1.82
Draw
27%
3.45
Away
22%
3.71
Under/Over 2.5
Under Pick
57%
1.9
Over
43%
1.85
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.76
No
50%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1
33%
3.18
2-3
41%
1.75
4-5
18%
3.43
6+
8%
13.4
Value flag · 0-1 at 3.18 — our 33% vs market 24.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
1/2
4%
1/X
6%
X/1
21%
X/2
10%
X/X
11%
2/1
5%
2/2
8%
2/X
10%
EV — the best model-vs-price gap in that group: the market pays more than our probability implies. After full time the tag settles to / . Informational, not a validated tip — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Al Sharjah The Market 55%
Head to Head
AWAY Al Ittihad Kalba The Market 27%
+1% / +4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -4% / -2%
1.35/1.20 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.49/1.86
+15% / +41% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +44% / -17%
50% Ball Possession 50%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
314 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 273 · 72%
22.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 21.6
14.9 Crosses 14.8
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Al Sharjah
3W-0D-3L
AWAY Al Ittihad Kalba
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.53 xG 0.91
57% Ball Possession 43%
12 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
351 Passes 249
82% Pass Accuracy 76%
24 Box Touches 17
17 Crosses 18
3 Yellow Cards 3
06.02.2025 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba 2-1 HT 0-0 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah BAE
29.08.2024 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah 1-0 HT 0-0 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba BAE
24.02.2024 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah 1-0 HT 1-0 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba BAE
18.11.2023 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba 2-1 HT 0-0 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah BAELK
19.10.2023 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah 2-3 HT 1-0 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba BAELK
18.08.2023 Al Ittihad Kalba Al Ittihad Kalba 3-4 HT 2-2 Al Sharjah Al Sharjah BAE
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Al Sharjah
3-1
AWAY Al Ittihad Kalba
1.19 xG 1.04
52% Ball Possession 48%
10 Total Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 7
408 Passes 352
87% Pass Accuracy 85%
20 Box Touches 18
9 Crosses 27
2 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Al Sharjah vs Al Ittihad Kalba
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Al Sharjah beat Al Ittihad Kalba 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

True to our pre-match read, our model had Al Sharjah as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (57%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, possession split 52% to 48% in Al Sharjah's favour, shots finished 10-16, expected goals 1.19 to 1.04.

The head-to-head backdrop: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 3 apiece. Scoring in those meetings ran 1.67 a game for Al Sharjah against 1.67 for Al Ittihad Kalba.

Al Sharjah vs Al Ittihad Kalba Result & Final Score

Al Sharjah 3-1 Al Ittihad Kalba in the UAE - League on 18/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Al Sharjah vs Al Ittihad Kalba Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Al Sharjah win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Al Sharjah 51%, draw 27%, Al Ittihad Kalba 22%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Al Sharjah) — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Al Sharjah) ✗ Under 2.5
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