This has all of the makings of an interesting game, and both sides will certainly believe that they can cause damage to the other due to their quality in the forward positions. We are expecting a close match on Saturday but believe that Atletico Mineiro will ultimately claim all three points.
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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 41.81%. A win for Cruzeiro had a probability of 30.1% and a draw had a probability of 28.1%.
The most likely scoreline for an Atletico Mineiro win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.33%) and 0-2 (8.07%). The likeliest Cruzeiro win was 1-0 (10.32%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.11%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 12.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Atletico Mineiro in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Atletico Mineiro.
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