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 Gent win with a probability of 47.92%. A win for KV Oostende had a probability of 28.57% and a draw had a probability of 23.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Gent win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.38%) and 0-2 (7.28%). The likeliest KV Oostende win was 2-1 (7.01%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.83%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Gent would win this match.