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 Botafogo win with a probability of 39.33%. A win for Goias had a probability of 31.99% and a draw had a probability of 28.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Botafogo win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.95%) and 0-2 (7.58%). The likeliest Goias win was 1-0 (11.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.29%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 5.8% likelihood.