Given the hosts' struggles and Groningen's improvements recently, we predict a narrow away win on Saturday.
Fortuna should certainly not roll over in a game that they will view as a good opportunity to pick up points, but Ultee's men will be wounded by consecutive heavy defeats and may not have enough to avoid another loss.
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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 Groningen win with a probability of 40.94%. A win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 33.38% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Groningen win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.75%) and 0-2 (6.88%). The likeliest Fortuna Sittard win was 1-0 (8.48%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.17%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 1.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Groningen would win this match.
