We said: Jamaica 1-4 Argentina
Jamaica undoubtedly have some talented attacking players to build around, so we would not be surprised to see them score against Argentina on Tuesday.
However, it may take Hallgrimsson time to implement the defensive organisation that he managed to do with Iceland, with the likes of Messi and Martinez licking their lips at the prospect of adding to their international goal tallies.
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 Argentina win with a probability of 65.94%. A draw had a probability of 23.2% and a win for Jamaica had a probability of 10.84%.
The most likely scoreline for an Argentina win was 1-0 with a probability of 18.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (15.79%) and 3-0 (8.78%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (11.37%), while for a Jamaica win it was 0-1 (5.77%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with an 8.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Argentina would win this match.