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 Royal Antwerp win with a probability of 54.78%. A win for Mechelen had a probability of 23.33% and a draw had a probability of 21.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Royal Antwerp win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.24%) and 0-2 (8.07%). The likeliest Mechelen win was 2-1 (6.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.97%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood.