If Espanyol are to name a strong side with several first-team players, then you would expect the La Liga team to cruise to a comfortable victory. Even if the visitors were to hand some of their B team youngsters a run-out in this one, they should still have enough quality to prevail against their non-league counterparts.
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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 Espanyol win with a probability of 84.06%. A draw had a probability of 11.2% and a win for San Tirso had a probability of 4.77%.
The most likely scoreline for a Espanyol win was 0-2 with a probability of 13.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (12.83%) and 0-1 (9.61%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.3%), while for a San Tirso win it was 1-0 (1.87%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 9.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Espanyol would win this match.