Neither team is exactly brimming with confidence heading into the game so we are anticipating a nervy and tense affair. That said, we also fancy Utrecht to scrape a narrow come the end of the 90 minutes.
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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 Emmen win with a probability of 47.21%. A win for FC Utrecht had a probability of 27.85% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Emmen win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.36%) and 2-0 (8.09%). The likeliest FC Utrecht win was 0-1 (7.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.82%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 2.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Emmen would win this match.