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 Zambia win with a probability of 50.37%. A win for Mauritania had a probability of 25.8% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Zambia win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.64%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.63%) and 2-0 (8.28%). The likeliest Mauritania win was 0-1 (6.53%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.2%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Zambia would win this match.