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 River Plate win with a probability of 74.82%. A draw had a probability of 16.3% and a win for Godoy Cruz had a probability of 8.86%.
The most likely scoreline for a River Plate win was 0-2 with a probability of 13.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (11.68%) and 0-3 (10.56%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.75%), while for a Godoy Cruz win it was 1-0 (3.33%). The actual scoreline of 1-6 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that River Plate would win this match.