Thursday's result is of little importance to either team, but Ten Hag and Ancelotti are still determined to see a positive performance from their players against a fellow top European side as they edge closer to the new campaign.
While Man United have shown their resilience at the back so far this summer, we can see a new-look Real Madrid finding the net in an entertaining score draw at NRG Stadium.
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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 Real Madrid win with a probability of 51.91%. A win for Manchester United had a probability of 25.76% and a draw had a probability of 22.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Madrid win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.85%) and 2-0 (7.48%). The likeliest Manchester United win was 1-2 (6.48%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.08%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Real Madrid would win this match.
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