Coverage of the Primeira Liga clash between Santa Clara and Sporting Lisbon.
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 48.41%. A win for Santa Clara had a probability of 26.34% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.38%) and 0-2 (8.66%). The likeliest Santa Clara win was 1-0 (7.69%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.01%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sporting Lisbon would win this match.
