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Iraq vs Norway

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Over 2.5 Goals projects at 71% because Iraq (1.23 xG) and Norway (1.46 xG) combine for 2.69 expected goals in a fixture where Haaland's 30% of Norway's attacking load meets Hussein and Ali's combined 34% share for Iraq at home.

Win probability
28.9% home31.7% draw39.4% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
IraqstepNorway
1.23Base xG · rolling 26-match1.46
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.23Final λ — what the Poisson uses1.46
Scoreline distribution · P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
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Over 2.5 Goals
Model 70.8% · @ 1.41
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1X
Model 50.0% · @ 2.00
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Home Win
Model 27.2% · @ 3.68
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> STAR_PICKS · player props

top 3
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Erling Haaland
Norway · Man City
62%@ 1.61x fair
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Alexander Sørloth
Norway · Atletico Madrid
42%@ 2.38x fair
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Aymen Hussein
Iraq · Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
36%@ 2.78x fair
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Probabilities from a per-player calibrated model on club xG / form, scaled to international minutes. Updated daily.

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Iraq 14 Norway
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