Coverage of the World Cup Qualifying - Asia Second Round clash between Saudi Arabia and Palestine.
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 Saudi Arabia win with a probability of 54.02%. A draw had a probability of 25.8% and a win for Palestine had a probability of 20.18%.
The most likely scoreline for a Saudi Arabia win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.12%) and 2-1 (9.16%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.96%), while for a Palestine win it was 0-1 (7.82%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Saudi Arabia would win this match.
