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 Cruzeiro win with a probability of 38.44%. A win for Goias had a probability of 31.7% and a draw had a probability of 29.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cruzeiro win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.64%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.62%) and 1-2 (7.51%). The likeliest Goias win was 1-0 (12.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.44%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 13.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Cruzeiro in this match.