Coverage of the World Cup Qualifying - Asia Third Round clash between Syria and Iran.
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 Iran win with a probability of 59.11%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Syria had a probability of 18.19%.
The most likely scoreline for a Iran win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.04%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.94%) and 1-2 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.79%), while for a Syria win it was 1-0 (5.94%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Iran would win this match.
