We said: United Arab Emirates 0-3 Argentina
The result is not too important for either side on Wednesday, but Argentina will not want to enter the World Cup off the back of a poor performance and result. We are expecting this to be a relatively comfortable match for Scaloni's side, who should have too much quality all over the pitch for their opponents.
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 52.47%. A draw had a probability of 24.3% and a win for United Arab Emirates had a probability of 23.19%.
The most likely scoreline for an Argentina win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.65%) and 0-2 (9.44%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.57%), while for a United Arab Emirates win it was 1-0 (6.94%). The actual scoreline of 0-5 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Argentina would win this match.
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