With only a point separating the two sides in the standings, Wednesday's encounter is expected to be a close contest, but having won four of the previous five meetings, history is on Mexico's side, and we think that they will edge out Panama to claim a crucial 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 Mexico win with a probability of 60.53%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Panama had a probability of 15.73%.
The most likely scoreline for a Mexico win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.76%) and 2-1 (9.25%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.95%), while for a Panama win it was 0-1 (6.48%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 15.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Mexico in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Mexico.
