Kawasaki Frontale's players can be forgiven for feeling starstruck in the company of PSG's star names, but the Blue-black will focus on the task at hand like professionals and will aim to translate their domestic dominance into a famous result against intercontinental opposition.
Oniki's side chose the best time to return to winning ways, and PSG are still getting used to Galtier's methods, but the Parisiens should still prove far too strong as they kick off their tour of Japan with a convincing win.
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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 Paris Saint-Germain win with a probability of 59.96%. A draw had a probability of 20.3% and a win for Kawasaki Frontale had a probability of 19.71%.
The most likely scoreline for a Paris Saint-Germain win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.5%) and 1-0 (7.94%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.15%), while for a Kawasaki Frontale win it was 1-2 (5.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Paris Saint-Germain in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Paris Saint-Germain.
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