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 Mozambique win with a probability of 35.3%. A win for Ivory Coast had a probability of 33.51% and a draw had a probability of 31.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Mozambique win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7%) and 2-1 (6.75%). The likeliest Ivory Coast win was 0-1 (13.54%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 0-0 (14.04%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 14% likelihood.
