World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage

Sep 4, 2021 at 5pm UK

Cyprus
0 - 2
Russia

Artymatas (45+1'), Katelaris (90')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Erokhin (6'), Zhemaletdinov (55')
Smolov (60'), Erokhin (74'), Zhemaletdinov (90+4')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Cyprus and Russia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 Russia win with a probability of 52.89%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Cyprus had a probability of 23.45%.

The most likely scoreline for a Russia win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.75%) and 0-2 (9.05%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.2%), while for a Cyprus win it was 1-0 (6.44%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Russia would win this match.

Result
Cyprus	Draw	Russia
23.45%	23.66%	52.89%

Both teams to score 54.39%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.48%

46.52%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.21%

68.79%

Cyprus Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.96%

34.04%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.28%

70.72%

Russia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.45%

17.55%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.92%

48.08%

Score Analysis

Cyprus 23.45%

Russia 52.89%

Draw 23.66%

Cyprus	Draw	Russia
1-0 @ 6.44% 2-1 @ 6.04% 2-0 @ 3.47% 3-1 @ 2.17% 3-2 @ 1.89% 3-0 @ 1.25% Other @ 2.21% Total : 23.45%	1-1 @ 11.2% 0-0 @ 5.97% 2-2 @ 5.25% 3-3 @ 1.09% Other @ 0.14% Total : 23.66%	0-1 @ 10.39% 1-2 @ 9.75% 0-2 @ 9.05% 1-3 @ 5.66% 0-3 @ 5.25% 2-3 @ 3.05% 1-4 @ 2.46% 0-4 @ 2.28% 2-4 @ 1.33% Other @ 3.69% Total : 52.89%