Football Predictions This Week: September 7 - September 13, 2026
Welcome to PredictNext's weekly forecast breakdown, where our AI model crunches the numbers across 30 fixtures spanning 12 competitions. From Liga MX to the Russian Cup, here's what the data is telling us ahead of a packed September schedule.
Monday's Standout Fixtures
Liga MX: Cruz Azul vs Santos Laguna
Monday kicks off with one of the headliners of the week. Our AI model backs Cruz Azul to win 1-0 at home, with a 64% home win probability — one of the stronger directional signals of the entire slate. A confidence score of 67/100 makes this one of the week's most reliable forecasts. Santos Laguna are given just a 15% chance of taking all three points, suggesting the visiting side faces an uphill battle.
Pro League: Al Hilal vs NEOM SC
The other fixture sharing that 67/100 confidence mark is Al Hilal hosting NEOM SC in the Saudi Pro League. The AI forecasts a 2-0 home win, with Al Hilal commanding a 67% win probability — the highest of any home side across Monday's card. The gap between the two sides appears significant according to our model, with NEOM SC given just a 14% away win probability.
Serie A: Udinese vs Lazio
Crossing into Italy, the Udinese vs Lazio clash is forecast as a 1-1 draw, with Lazio holding a slight edge at 36% away win probability compared to Udinese's 33% home probability. This is a genuinely open contest in the model's eyes — with only a five-percentage-point spread between home and away outcomes, it's the kind of match where small margins could decide everything. Confidence sits at 52/100, so treat this one with appropriate caution.
La Liga: Getafe vs Celta de Vigo & Elche vs Real Sociedad
La Liga delivers two contrasting pictures on Monday. Getafe vs Celta de Vigo is the definition of a coin-flip, with home, draw, and away probabilities reading 36%, 32%, and 32% respectively. The AI calls it a 1-1 draw, but with only a 50/100 confidence score, this is about as uncertain as it gets.
Meanwhile, Elche vs Real Sociedad carries a clearer directional signal. The model forecasts Real Sociedad to win 1-2 on the road, backed by a 40% away win probability — the highest of the three outcomes — and a 53/100 confidence score. Real Sociedad look the value play here according to our data.
Allsvenskan Triple-Header
Sweden's Allsvenskan provides three fixtures on Monday, and the most decisive forecast belongs to Kalmar vs Djurgården. The model predicts a 1-2 away win for Djurgården with a 51% away win probability, making them clear favourites in a match where Kalmar are given only a 24% home win chance. Both Malmö FF vs AIK and Mjällby vs IFK Göteborg are predicted as narrow home wins (1-0), with Malmö's 52% home probability the stronger of the two signals.
Super Lig Pair
Turkey's top flight offers two Monday fixtures. Göztepe vs Gaziantep F.K. is tipped as a 1-1 draw with Göztepe holding a 50% home win probability, though the model ultimately lands on the stalemate as its headline prediction with a 56/100 confidence score. Rizespor vs Alanyaspor is forecast as a slim 1-0 home win for Rizespor, at 53/100 confidence — a modest lean rather than a strong directional call.
Serie B: Palermo vs Sampdoria
Down in Italy's second tier, Palermo vs Sampdoria is predicted as a 1-0 home win, with an even split between the two sides narrowing enough for Palermo to edge it at 50% home win probability. A 57/100 confidence score makes this one of the more credible mid-tier calls of the week.
Tuesday's Russian Cup Action
Tuesday is dominated by the Russian Cup, with 12 fixtures providing a fascinating lower-league lens into the data. It's worth noting upfront that several of these matches carry low confidence scores — four fixtures sit at just 48/100 and two come in at 32/100, the lowest of the entire week — so these should be interpreted as broad directional signals rather than firm forecasts.
The clearest call of the Russian Cup batch is FK Dinamo St. Petersburg vs Sochi, where the model predicts a 1-0 away win for Sochi with a striking 67% away win probability and a relatively solid 54/100 confidence. That away probability matches Al Hilal's home dominance figure, making it the joint-strongest directional signal of the week — just pointing in the opposite direction.
Chertanovo vs Neftekhimik and Kaluga vs Ufa are also notable, with away win probabilities of 56% and 52% respectively, both at 50/100 confidence. The model consistently favours visiting sides throughout the Russian Cup slate, with Dinamo Barnaul vs Chelyabinsk (55% away), Dinamo Kirov vs KAMAZ (45% away), and Sokol Saratov vs Leningradets (46% away) all pointing in the same direction.
The two lowest-confidence calls of the week — Tekstilshchik vs Arsenal Tula and Volgar Astrakhan vs Volga Ulyanovsk, both at 32/100 — should be treated with significant caution. The model sees near-total uncertainty in these contests, and the data simply doesn't support a strong directional forecast either way.
Key Themes of the Week
A few patterns emerge across this 30-match slate. Away sides are unusually well-supported in this week's data, particularly across the Russian Cup and selected European fixtures. The highest-confidence matches of the week — Cruz Azul at home and Al Hilal at home (both 67/100) — happen to be the dominant home-side narratives, suggesting that where home advantage is a factor, it's a significant one.
Across the week's 30 fixtures, only two matches reach the 67/100 confidence threshold, while the majority cluster between 48 and 57, reinforcing that this is a week of genuine uncertainty across multiple competitions.
From Cruz Azul's predicted home dominance and Al Hilal's commanding forecast to the open-ended drama of Getafe vs Celta de Vigo and the away-heavy Russian Cup picture, this week offers a rich tapestry of football across three continents. As always, our AI model provides the framework — but the beautiful game has a way of keeping everyone honest.