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 Croatia win with a probability of 48.6%. A win for Cyprus had a probability of 26.35% and a draw had a probability of 25%.

The most likely scoreline for a Croatia win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.42%) and 0-2 (8.59%). The likeliest Cyprus win was 1-0 (7.52%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.9%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Croatia would win this match.