With Milito's men dealing with absences in defence, Sunday's outcome depends on how swiftly the hosts adapt to the Argentine's changes. We are backing the away side to nick a point at Arena MRV to extend their undefeated run against Mineiro to four.
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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 Atletico Mineiro win with a probability of 51.69%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Vasco da Gama had a probability of 23.69%.
The most likely scoreline for an Atletico Mineiro win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.59%) and 2-0 (9.36%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.7%), while for a Vasco da Gama win it was 0-1 (7.15%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Atletico Mineiro would win this match.