While Sonderjyske enjoyed a very impressive season in the first division last season, they will know better than most that stepping up to the top fight and being competitive from the off is not an easy task.
Silkeborg will be judged this season on their ability to follow up on their positive performance last term, and they will likely see this as the best fixture they could have hoped for to get the new league campaign underway.
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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 Silkeborg win with a probability of 45.55%. A win for SonderjyskE had a probability of 31.28% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Silkeborg win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.29%) and 2-0 (6.41%). The likeliest SonderjyskE win was 1-2 (7.4%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.38%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Silkeborg would win this match.
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