Irak vs Japonya Prediction — Model Probabilities
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
Irak v Japonya — Team-Based Signals
Irak vs Japonya Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
1-1
HT 0-1
Japonya
DKE
2-1
HT 1-0
Irak
DKE
4-0
HT 3-0
Irak
HAZ
0-1
HT 0-1
Japonya
ASK
0-1
HT 0-0
Japonya
DKE
1-0
HT 1-0
Irak
DKE
Irak 2-1 Japonya — Actual Match Statistics
Irak squeezed past Japonya 2-1. Half-time: 2-0.
By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had Japonya at 62% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (56%) came in.
On the day, Irak had 28% of the ball to Japonya's 72%, shots finished 8-15, expected goals 0.78 to 1.75 — the balance of chances actually favoured Japonya.
Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Japonya led the recent series with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.33 goals for Irak and 1.67 for Japonya.
What was the final score of Irak vs Japonya?
Irak 2-1 Japonya in the Asian Cup on 19/01/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
What did the model predict for Irak vs Japonya?
Before kick-off our model rated an Japonya win the most likely single outcome at about 62%, with the full match-result split Irak 18%, draw 20%, Japonya 62%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5 — while Match Result (Japonya), BTTS No went the other way.