Coverage of the World Cup Qualifying - Africa Second Round clash between Algeria and Djibouti.
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 Algeria win with a probability of 89.6%. A draw had a probability of 7.8% and a win for Djibouti had a probability of 2.61%.
The most likely scoreline for an Algeria win was 3-0 with a probability of 14.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.42%) and 4-0 (11.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (3.67%), while for a Djibouti win it was 0-1 (1.14%). The actual scoreline of 8-0 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Algeria would win this match.