We said: Czech Republic 2-0 Malta
Malta are capable of making this a competitive match, which is what Czech Republic will want at this stage of their preparations for Euro 2024. However, we are expecting Hasek's team to record a victory in their first of two warm-up fixtures for the European Championship,
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 Czech Republic win with a probability of 92.6%. A draw had a probability of 5.8% and a win for Malta had a probability of 1.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Czech Republic win was 3-0 with a probability of 14.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 4-0 (12.98%) and 2-0 (12.54%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (2.69%), while for a Malta win it was 0-1 (0.76%). The actual scoreline of 7-1 was predicted with a 1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Czech Republic would win this match.