Al Ahly 2-0 Young Africans — Result, Statistics & Match Review — CAF Champions League, 23 Jan 2026

📅23/01/2026 · 🕒19:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
62%
1.42
Draw
23%
4.08
Away
15%
7.18
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.67
Over 2.5
40%
2.1
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
2.53
No
57%
1.46
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
34%
2-3 Goals
40%
4-5 Goals
17%
6+ Goals
9%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
31%
1/2
5%
1/X
8%
X/1
23%
X/2
6%
X/X
10%
2/1
8%
2/2
4%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
62%
Home Win
67%
-5.1pp
23%
Draw
22%
+1.4pp
15%
Away Win
12%
+3.7pp
60%
Under 2.5
56%
+3.8pp
40%
Over 2.5
44%
-3.7pp
43%
BTTS Yes
36%
+7.6pp
57%
BTTS No
64%
-7.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
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.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Al Ahly EU Bookmakers 70%
Head to Head
AWAY Young Africans EU Bookmakers 14%
-33% / -33% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +5% / +5%
1.80/0.96 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.55/1.27
+150% / -61% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -34% / +135%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 3
374 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 348 · 82%
31.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 8.8
16.6 Crosses 8.4
1.0 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Al Ahly
1W-1D-0L
AWAY Young Africans
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.25 xG 0.54
57% Ball Possession 42%
13 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 6
470 Passes 328
84% Pass Accuracy 80%
20 Box Touches 16
16 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
01.03.2024 Al Ahly Al Ahly 1-0 HT 0-0 Young Africans Young Africans AŞL
02.12.2023 Young Africans Young Africans 1-1 HT 0-0 Al Ahly Al Ahly AŞL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Al Ahly
2-0
AWAY Young Africans
1.12 xG 0.55
57% Ball Possession 43%
11 Total Shots 9
3 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 2
473 Passes 349
85% Pass Accuracy 83%
20 Box Touches 12
11 Crosses 12
0 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Al Ahly vs Young Africans
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Al Ahly got the better of Young Africans 2-0. Half-time: 1-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Al Ahly as the likeliest winner at 62%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (57%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Al Ahly had 57% of the ball to Young Africans's 43%, shots finished 11-9, expected goals 1.12 to 0.55.

For context: across their last 2 meetings in our records, Al Ahly had the better of it with 1 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Al Ahly and 0.50 for Young Africans.

What was the final score of Al Ahly vs Young Africans?

Al Ahly 2-0 Young Africans in the CAF Champions League on 23/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Al Ahly vs Young Africans?

Before kick-off our model rated a Al Ahly win the most likely single outcome at about 62%, with the full match-result split Al Ahly 62%, draw 23%, Young Africans 15%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Al Ahly), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Al Ahly) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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