A full-strength Liverpool would almost certainly be backed to teach Betis a footballing lesson, but Slot's depleted outfit could not assert their authority over Preston and are down to the bare bones in defence.
As a result, Real Betis can feel optimistic of holding out for a share of the spoils, continuing their theme from the 2023-24 La Liga season.
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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 Liverpool win with a probability of 62.93%. A draw had a probability of 18.9% and a win for Real Betis had a probability of 18.12%.
The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.1%) and 3-1 (7.43%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.23%), while for a Real Betis win it was 1-2 (4.87%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Liverpool would win this match.
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