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Cape Verde Islands v Saudi Arabia : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 27th Jun, 01:00 BST, NRG Stadium, Houston

Saudi Arabia, led by manager Giorgios Donis, visit Pedro Leitão Brito and his Cape Verde Islands side at the NRG Stadium on Saturday morning in the World Cup. Analysing both clubs' last 20 World Cup matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside the best odds.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't believe there is a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia have taken part in plenty of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance statistics point towards those records being extended. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday morning, and the bookies have it priced at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cape Verde are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.45.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cape Verde
38%
29/20
18%
-
Draw
27%
13/5
6%
-
Saudi Arabia
35%
13/8
17%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
6/1-
Cape Verde 1-0
10%
7/1
6%
-
Saudi Arabia 1-0
10%
15/2
21%
-
Cape Verde 2-1
8%
9/1
17%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
17/2
12%
-
Saudi Arabia 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
-
Cape Verde 2-0
7%
11/1
20%
-
Saudi Arabia 2-0
6%
12/1
18%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1
11%
-
Cape Verde 3-1
4%
22/1
21%
-
Saudi Arabia 3-1
3%
22/1
10%
-
Cape Verde 3-0
3%
25/1
24%
-
Saudi Arabia 3-0
3%
28/1
26%
-
Cape Verde 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
-
Saudi Arabia 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
11/10
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
8/11
4%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
20/21
11%
-
Away 1st Goal
47%
21/20
12%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2
12%
-
BTTS - Yes
52%
10/11
2%
-
BTTS - No
48%
10/11
6%
-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/2
15%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
9/2-
Home/draw
65%
4/9
11%
-
Away/draw
62%
8/15
13%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7
1%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
4/11
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
11/5
7%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
3/1
8%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
1/4
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
7/1
11%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/12
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
16/1
11%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/40
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/16
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
9/1
11%
-
Home DNB
57%
4/5
18%
-
Away DNB
54%
10/11
18%
-
Cape Verde win to nil
21%
3/1
20%
-
Saudi Arabia win to nil
20%
10/3
24%
-
Cape Verde / Cape Verde
19%
10/3
21%
-
Cape Verde / Saudi Arabia
3%
28/1-
Cape Verde / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw / Cape Verde
14%
5/1
14%
-
Draw / Saudi Arabia
13%
11/2
18%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4
6%
-
Saudi Arabia / Cape Verde
3%
28/1
15%
-
Saudi Arabia / Saudi Arabia
18%
7/2
20%
-
Saudi Arabia / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
Group H table
Group HPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstGDPoints
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2Cape Verde00000000
3Saudi Arabia00000000
4Uruguay00000000
Win / draw / win form
Cape Verde
20 games
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Saudi Arabia
20 games
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goal Statistics
Cape Verde Saudi Arabia
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Cape Verde will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Saudi Arabia will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
Cape Verde
PG (predicted goals)
Saudi Arabia
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
15%
better
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Games scored15
13
Failed to score4
7
Scored first11
8
Goals scored27
22
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.1
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1
0
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
12
Clean sheets8
8
Conceded first8
9
Goals conceded18
21
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
16%
Avg. XG against0.8
0
KickOff rating
+11%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia will show here when available.

Cape Verde World Cup squad statistics 2026
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Saudi Arabia World Cup squad statistics 2026
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