Off the back of woeful starts to the new campaign, both teams know that anything short of all three points here would leave them playing catch-up so early in the season. We expect an open and exciting match with the hosts narrowly edging out their visitors to secure a hard-fought win.
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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 Go Ahead Eagles win with a probability of 40.89%. A win for Sparta Rotterdam had a probability of 31.12% and a draw had a probability of 28%.
The most likely scoreline for a Go Ahead Eagles win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.29%) and 2-0 (7.78%). The likeliest Sparta Rotterdam win was 0-1 (10.37%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.11%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood.
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