International - World CupData current as of 06 September 2026

Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia: match statistics

Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Cape Verde Islands played Saudi Arabia in World Cup (International). The match was played on 27 June 2026. Final score: 0:0.

Current form

Cape Verde Islands: 0-2-0, 1.00 points/match. Saudi Arabia: 0-1-1, 0.50 points/match.

Goal statistics

Cape Verde Islands scores 1.00 and concedes 1.00 goals per match. Saudi Arabia scores 0.50 and concedes 2.50. League average: 3.02 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Cape Verde Islands 50%, Saudi Arabia 50%. Over 2.5: Cape Verde Islands 50%, Saudi Arabia 50%. League level: BTTS 53%, Over 2.5 56%.

xG, shots and style

Cape Verde Islands has higher xG: 0.84 vs 0.66. Cape Verde Islands: 9.0 shots per match, Saudi Arabia: 5.0.

Match halves

Cape Verde Islands: half-time lead 0%, second-half goals 0.50. Saudi Arabia: half-time lead 50%, second-half goals 0.00.

Goals by minute

Cape Verde Islands: 16-30 (1 goals). Saudi Arabia: 31-45+ (1 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

World Cup: 3.02 goals per match, BTTS 53%, Over 2.5 56%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Archived pre-match analysis

This analysis was prepared before kick-off. The conclusions use only information available before the match and do not include the final result or post-match statistics.

General match analysis

Typ 1X2: 1. Cape Verde Islands stopped Spain and Uruguay, scoring two points and showing very good organization without the ball. Saudi Arabia drew with Uruguay, but then lost 0:4 to Spain and reacted worse after losing the first goal. It's still a close match, but current defensive quality and confidence shift the advantage to Cape Verde Islands. Our independent rating is 43% for Cape Verde Islands, 28% for draw and 29% for Saudi Arabia. The most likely outcome profile is 1:0 or 2:1; type is 43% and takes into account motivation, rotation and the course of the first two rounds. Status: SMALL BET

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BTTS - will both teams score?

Typ BTTS: no. Cape Verde Islands stopped Spain and Uruguay, scoring two points and showing very good organization without the ball. Saudi Arabia drew with Uruguay, but then lost 0:4 to Spain and reacted worse after losing the first goal. It's still a close match, but current defensive quality and confidence shift the advantage to Cape Verde Islands. Saudi Arabia has individual quality to respond, but Cape Verde Islands has been very good at limiting entries into the central zone in two matches. The goal model yields 49% for BTTS Yes and 51% for BTTS No, with expected goals of 1.40 for Cape Verde Islands and 1.05 for Saudi Arabia. This is not a conclusion from the odds, but from the quality of the situations created, the style of the match and the needs of the table. Status: NOBET

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Over/Under - goals analysis

Typ: Under 2.5. Cape Verde Islands stopped Spain and Uruguay, scoring two points and showing very good organization without the ball. Saudi Arabia drew with Uruguay, but then lost 0:4 to Spain and reacted worse after losing the first goal. It's still a close match, but current defensive quality and confidence shift the advantage to Cape Verde Islands. The model gives 44% on Over 2.5 and 56% on Under 2.5, with xG Cape Verde Islands 1.40, Saudi Arabia 1.05 and 2.45 in total. On line 2.5, the goal of the weaker side is crucial: the result of 2:0 leaves the under, while 2:1 immediately moves the match to the over. A 1:0 or 2:1 profile explains why the advantage of the selected market side is not always large. Status: SMALL BET

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HT/FT - half-time and full-time scenario

Typ HT/FT: 1/1. Cape Verde Islands stopped Spain and Uruguay, scoring two points and showing very good organization without the ball. Saudi Arabia drew with Uruguay, but then lost 0:4 to Spain and reacted worse after losing the first goal. It's still a close match, but current defensive quality and confidence shift the advantage to Cape Verde Islands. Cape Verde Islands could take the lead before the break, although a cautious draw start remains a possibility. The highest paths are 1/1 25%, X/X 18% and X/1 16%. The HT/FT distribution has been calibrated so that its final result is consistent with our 1X2: 43%–28%–29%. This is a high-variance market, so the stake should be lower than the base market. Status: SMALL BET

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Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

51Possession (%)49
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
15Shots7
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2Shots on target3
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1.45xG0.96
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
4Corners2
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50Dangerous attacks41
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
10Fouls16
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1Cards3
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1Goals scored / match0.5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1Goals conceded / match2.5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
31%Average possession33%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2.5Shots on target / match2
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

9Shots per match5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2.5Shots on target2
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
11.1%Shot conversion10%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
31%Possession33%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0.84xG for0.66
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2.5xG against2.77
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Shooting quality

Cape Verde Islands: BalancedSaudi Arabia: Balanced
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
Accuracy (shots on target)28%40%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.090.13
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.400.25

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Cape Verde Islands is 100% better for: last-5 form.

1 pts / match - Cape Verde Islands · 0.5 pts / match - Saudi Arabia

Cape Verde Islands
DD
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
0% W100% R0% P
Season (W-D-L)
0-2-0
1.00 pts / match · goal difference 0
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-2-0
1.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
0-0-0
Last 5 at home
0-0-0
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 0.84Opponent xG: 2.50BTTS: 50%Over 2.5: 50%
Saudi Arabia
DL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
0% W50% R50% P
Season (W-D-L)
0-1-1
0.50 pts / match · goal difference -4
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-1-1
0.50 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-0-1
Last 5 away
0-0-1
L
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.5Goals conceded: 2.5xG: 0.66Opponent xG: 2.77BTTS: 50%Over 2.5: 50%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Cape Verde Islands is 100% better for: goals scored per match.

1 goals / match - Cape Verde Islands · 0.5 goals / match - Saudi Arabia

Cape Verde Islands is 150% better for: goals conceded per match.

1 goals / match - Cape Verde Islands · 2.5 goals / match - Saudi Arabia

Cape Verde Islands scoring profile: very strong

Cape Verde Islands scores in 50% of matches (1 of 2 matches), while Saudi Arabia keeps a clean sheet in 0% (0 of 2 matches).

Saudi Arabia scoring profile: mixed

Saudi Arabia scores in 50% of matches (1 of 2 matches), while Cape Verde Islands keeps a clean sheet in 50% (1 of 2 matches).

2Goals scored (season)1
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2Goals conceded (season)5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2Average goals in match3
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2Goals scored (last 5)1
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
2Goals conceded (last 5)5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

How often they score at least...

50%1 goal50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%2 goals0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%3 goals0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%4 goals0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

How often they concede at least...

50%1 goal100%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%2 goals50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%3 goals50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%4 goals50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

50%
Cape Verde Islands - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.1 of 2 matches
53%
League average

Goal patterns

50%BTTS at half-time0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%BTTS in both halves0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%Scored in both halves0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

BTTS and goal count

50%Min. 3 goals and BTTS0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%BTTS - last 550%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

50%Min. 1 goal before half-time100%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%Min. 2 goals before half-time50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%Min. 3 goals before half-time50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

2nd half

50%Min. 1 goal after half-time100%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%Min. 2 goals after half-time0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0%Min. 3 goals after half-time0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Saudi Arabia is 200% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

0.5 pts / match - Cape Verde Islands · 1.5 pts / match - Saudi Arabia

Cape Verde Islands - half-time state
0% leading50% draw50% trailing
Saudi Arabia - half-time state
50% leading0% draw50% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

0.5Points per match (1st half)1.5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0.5Goals scored (1st half)0.5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1Goals conceded (1st half)1.5
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
1.5Average goals (1st half)2
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%Clean sheet before half-time50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%No goal before half-time50%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

After half-time (2nd half)

2Points per match (2nd half)0
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0.5Goals scored (2nd half)0
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0Goals conceded (2nd half)1
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
0.5Average goals (2nd half)1
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
100%Clean sheet after half-time0%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
50%No goal after half-time100%
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia

Cape Verde Islands - second-half results

50% W50% R0% P
1
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
4
Second-half points
+1
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.50
PPG before half-time
Defence after half-time-1.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Saudi Arabia - second-half results

0% W0% R100% P
3
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
0
Second-half points
-2
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.50
PPG before half-time
Lead holding0%

Leads at half-time in 50% of matches and wins 0%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time-0.5

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Cape Verde Islands - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.502.00
Goals scored / match0.50.5
Goals conceded / match1.00.0
Average goals in match1.50.5
1 goal50%50%
2 goals50%0%
3 goals50%0%
Clean sheet50%100%
No goal50%50%
Goal difference-1+1
Half-time: 0% leading - 50% draw - 50% trailing
2nd half: 50% won - 50% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 50% - Half-time goals total: 1
Saudi Arabia - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.500.00
Goals scored / match0.50.0
Goals conceded / match1.51.0
Average goals in match2.01.0
1 goal100%100%
2 goals50%0%
3 goals50%0%
Clean sheet50%0%
No goal50%100%
Goal difference-2-2
Half-time: 50% leading - 0% draw - 50% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 0% draw - 100% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Cape Verde Islands
ScoredConceded
0
0
0-15
1
0
16-30
0
2
31-45
0
0
46-60
1
0
61-75
0
0
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (1 goal). Concedes most in 31-45 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

Saudi Arabia
ScoredConceded
0
1
0-15
0
2
16-30
1
0
31-45
0
1
46-60
0
0
61-75
0
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (1 goal). Concedes most in 16-30 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.50
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.8 : 0.8
Estimated goal split
home : away
83%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
50%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
25%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
25%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 4 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Cape Verde Islands

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-1.66
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+1.66
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.16
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+1.50
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
53%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
90%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
0% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
0%

Saudi Arabia

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-2.11
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.11
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+0.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.16
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.27
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
45%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
132%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.5
Late goals
0% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
0%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (World Cup).

Teams vs league

Cape Verde IslandsLigaSaudi Arabia
Average goals in match 2.003.02 3.00
Both teams scored 50%53% 50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%56% 50%
Clean sheets 50%27% 0%
Goal before half-time 50%71% 100%
Goal after half-time 50%81% 100%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.02
Average goals per match
53%
Both teams scored
56%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.90
Home goals / match
1.11
Away goals / match
+71%
Home attack advantage
+42%
Home defence advantage
+29%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
37%
2 goals
23%
3 goals
6%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
47%
2 goals
24%
3 goals
11%
4 goals

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

FAQ

What was the result of Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia?

The World Cup match finished Cape Verde Islands 0:0 Saudi Arabia. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia?

Cape Verde Islands score 1.00 goals per game on average and Saudi Arabia 0.50. The World Cup average is 3.02 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 56% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Cape Verde Islands's matches and 50% of Saudi Arabia's.

What form are Cape Verde Islands and Saudi Arabia in?

Over the last 5 games Cape Verde Islands have a 0-2-0 record (1.00 points per game) and Saudi Arabia 0-1-1 (0.50 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.