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 Russia win with a probability of 64.78%. A draw had a probability of 21.6% and a win for Cyprus had a probability of 13.62%.
The most likely scoreline for a Russia win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.19%) and 2-1 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.1%), while for a Cyprus win it was 0-1 (5.42%). The actual scoreline of 6-0 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Russia would win this match.
