A baptism of fire is on the cards for newly-promoted Hvidovre, who look set to suffer a heavy defeat on their return to top-flight action, with FC Midtjylland expected to secure a comfortable clean-sheet victory.
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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 FC Midtjylland win with a probability of 61.43%. A draw had a probability of 20% and a win for Hvidovre had a probability of 18.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Midtjylland win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.79%) and 1-0 (8.08%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.03%), while for a Hvidovre win it was 1-2 (5.05%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that FC Midtjylland would win this match.