At the moment, neither side look nearly as convincing as they did last season, but they have both generated some positive results of late.
That being said, we do not believe that either have more momentum than the other heading into this weekend, which is why we are calling for a stalemate.
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 Vancouver Whitecaps win with a probability of 44.32%. A win for CF Montreal had a probability of 30.89% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Vancouver Whitecaps win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.14%) and 2-0 (7.21%). The likeliest CF Montreal win was 0-1 (7.45%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.67%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 0.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Vancouver Whitecaps would win this match.
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