We said: Afghanistan 1-2 India
Despite heavy defeats in their opening two matches of Group A, Afghanistan will be confident of earning a point against India on Thursday night.
The Blue Tigers are in the midst of a rut, but this week's clash represents the perfect opportunity to returning to winning ways for the first time in 2024.
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 India win with a probability of 52.38%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Afghanistan had a probability of 23.04%.
The most likely scoreline for a India win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.6%) and 0-2 (9.59%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.69%), while for an Afghanistan win it was 1-0 (7.12%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood.