We said: Uzbekistan Under-23s 1-2 Spain Under-23s
Although Uzbekistan's squad have been together for a while now, several Spanish stars have come through a successful youth system at the same time and should have a good understanding.
La Rojita are justifiably among the competition favourites, but they may be made to work hard for an opening victory in Paris.
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 Uzbekistan Under-23s win with a probability of 93.44%. A draw had a probability of 5.5% and a win for Spain Under-23s had a probability of 1.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Uzbekistan Under-23s win was 3-0 with a probability of 17.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (15.33%) and 4-0 (14.43%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (2.71%), while for a Spain Under-23s win it was 0-1 (0.67%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Spain Under-23s in this match.