The first leg was a thriller, and Lugano kept themselves in the tie by scoring a third deep into stoppage time. Fenerbahce remain the big favourites, though, and we are expecting the Turkish giants to secure their spot in the next round without any major dramas.
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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 Fenerbahce win with a probability of 64.79%. A draw had a probability of 18.8% and a win for Lugano had a probability of 16.44%.
The most likely scoreline for a Fenerbahce win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.98%) and 1-0 (7.79%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.42%), while for a Lugano win it was 1-2 (4.56%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Fenerbahce in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Fenerbahce.