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 Sao Paulo win with a probability of 40.38%. A win for Fluminense had a probability of 30.45% and a draw had a probability of 29.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sao Paulo win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.99%) and 1-2 (7.89%). The likeliest Fluminense win was 1-0 (11.25%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood.