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 Benfica win with a probability of 47.86%. A win for PAOK had a probability of 28.86% and a draw had a probability of 23.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.02%) and 0-2 (7.08%). The likeliest PAOK win was 2-1 (7.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.62%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7% likelihood.