Nigeria stuck to the gameplan and secured a vital win against Egypt, who should be their most difficult opponent in the group stages. They will be boosted by that performance and we predict they will carry on that momentum into Saturday's game and claim all three points against a floundering Sudan side.
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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 Nigeria win with a probability of 59.46%. A draw had a probability of 23.9% and a win for Sudan had a probability of 16.64%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nigeria win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.3%) and 2-1 (9.35%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.11%), while for a Sudan win it was 0-1 (6.6%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Nigeria would win this match.
