Despite their struggles to find the back of the net on a regular basis and record all three points of late, Corinthians should cruise to a relatively comfortable victory on Sunday.
They remain a tough side to beat, and certainly possess a superior amount of quality to visiting Goias, so although there may not be a flood of goals, we are expecting a home win here.
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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 Corinthians win with a probability of 62.08%. A draw had a probability of 23.5% and a win for Goias had a probability of 14.44%.
The most likely scoreline for a Corinthians win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.45%) and 2-1 (9.06%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.67%), while for a Goias win it was 0-1 (6.29%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 15.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Corinthians in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Corinthians.