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 Italy win with a probability of 57.39%. A draw had a probability of 25.2% and a win for Switzerland had a probability of 17.45%.
The most likely scoreline for a Italy win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.24%) and 2-1 (9.08%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.49%), while for a Switzerland win it was 0-1 (7.28%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Italy would win this match.