We said: St Patrick's Athletic 0-1 CSKA Sofia
We expect another tight encounter at Richmond Park on Thursday, with the visitors determined to rectify last week's surprise defeat in Bulgaria.
We would not be surprised to see another penalty shootout for St Patrick's in this competition, with the home crowd potentially pulling them through to the next round.
Read more.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 St Patrick's Athletic win with a probability of 46.69%. A draw had a probability of 27.1% and a win for CSKA Sofia had a probability of 26.18%.
The most likely scoreline for a St Patrick's Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.14%) and 2-1 (8.86%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.71%), while for a CSKA Sofia win it was 0-1 (9.13%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 4.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that CSKA Sofia would win this match.