The onus is more on Heerenveen to take control of proceedings and get the job done on their own patch. While we expect Cambuur to put up a good fight, we are backing the home side to claim a narrow win in the end.
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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 Heerenveen win with a probability of 45.25%. A win for Cambuur had a probability of 29.77% and a draw had a probability of 25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Heerenveen win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.21%) and 2-0 (7.56%). The likeliest Cambuur win was 0-1 (7.57%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.8%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Heerenveen in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Heerenveen.
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