Given their apparent ability to score goals at will this season - they have found the net at least in all five of their competitive games so far - the hosts are unlikely to be perturbed if Sheriff pull level on aggregate at some stage.
Though it may not be straightforward, it is Viktoria Plzen's name that will therefore go into the hat for the playoff round draw.
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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 Viktoria Plzen win with a probability of 47.27%. A draw had a probability of 27% and a win for Sheriff Tiraspol had a probability of 25.69%.
The most likely scoreline for a Viktoria Plzen win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.28%) and 2-1 (8.9%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.67%), while for a Sheriff Tiraspol win it was 0-1 (9.02%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Viktoria Plzen in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Viktoria Plzen.
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