A closely-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams could be in store on Thursday, but we believe that Toulouse will follow up last weekend's Ligue 1 win with another home triumph against LASK Linz to open their account in Group E.
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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 LASK Linz win with a probability of 45.97%. A win for Toulouse had a probability of 30.42% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a LASK Linz win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8%) and 0-2 (6.84%). The likeliest Toulouse win was 2-1 (7.31%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.81%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Toulouse would win this match.