Lazio should not struggle to gain a comfortable first-leg advantage in front of a passionate Stadio Olimpico crowd, while the hosts look set to keep a clean sheet en route to victory.
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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 Lazio win with a probability of 51.44%. A draw had a probability of 24.3% and a win for CFR Cluj had a probability of 24.26%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lazio win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.64%) and 2-0 (9.02%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.53%), while for a CFR Cluj win it was 0-1 (6.91%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Lazio in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Lazio.