The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Saturday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Scotland and Israel, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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 Scotland win with a probability of 51.82%. A win for Israel had a probability of 25.28% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Scotland win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.71%) and 2-0 (7.98%). The likeliest Israel win was 1-2 (6.42%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.58%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 3.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Scotland would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Scotland | Draw | Israel |
| 51.82% | 22.89% | 25.28% |
| Both teams to score 59.03% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
