While Zurich will be regarded as the favourites for this encounter, Linfield should not be underestimated and have performed well on home soil in recent weeks. A closely-fought contest is set to be played out on Thursday and both sides may settle for a score draw to keep themselves in the tie heading into next week's second leg. Read more.

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 Linfield win with a probability of 39.8%. A win for FC Zurich had a probability of 38.04% and a draw had a probability of 22.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (5.22%) and 3-1 (4.86%). The likeliest FC Zurich win was 1-2 (7.95%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.11%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 4.4% likelihood.

Result
Linfield	Draw	FC Zurich
39.8% ( 0.02)	22.15% ( -0.01)	38.04% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 68.75% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.55% (

0.05)

31.44% (

-0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

47.08% (

0.07)

52.91% (

-0.06)

Linfield Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.28% (

0.03)

16.71% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

53.38% (

0.06)

46.61% (

-0.06)

FC Zurich Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.55% (

0.02)

17.45% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.08% (

0.04)

47.91% (

-0.03)

Score Analysis

Linfield 39.8%

FC Zurich 38.04%

Draw 22.15%

Linfield	Draw	FC Zurich
2-1 @ 8.15% ( -0) 1-0 @ 5.22% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 4.86% ( 0) 2-0 @ 4.67% ( -0) 3-2 @ 4.24% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 2.78% ( 0) 4-1 @ 2.17% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.9% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 1.24% ( 0) 4-3 @ 1.1% ( 0) Other @ 3.47% Total : 39.8%	1-1 @ 9.11% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 7.11% ( 0) 0-0 @ 2.92% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 2.47% ( 0) Other @ 0.55% Total : 22.15%	1-2 @ 7.95% ( -0) 0-1 @ 5.09% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 4.63% 0-2 @ 4.45% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 4.14% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.59% ( -0) 1-4 @ 2.02% ( 0) 2-4 @ 1.81% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.13% ( -0) 3-4 @ 1.08% ( 0) Other @ 3.17% Total : 38.04%