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 Belgium win with a probability of 70.28%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Belarus had a probability of 9.34%.
The most likely scoreline for a Belgium win was 1-0 with a probability of 17.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (16.1%) and 3-0 (10.07%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (9.16%), while for a Belarus win it was 0-1 (4.71%). The actual scoreline of 8-0 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Belgium would win this match.