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 Spain win with a probability of 54.36%. A draw had a probability of 27.6% and a win for Slovakia had a probability of 18.02%.
The most likely scoreline for a Spain win was 0-1 with a probability of 17.63%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.29%) and 1-2 (8.28%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (12.64%), while for a Slovakia win it was 1-0 (8.52%). The actual scoreline of 0-5 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Spain would win this match.