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 Malawi win with a probability of 61.57%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Bangladesh had a probability of 14.73%.
The most likely scoreline for a Malawi win was 0-1 with a probability of 15.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (13.33%) and 1-2 (9.06%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.77%), while for a Bangladesh win it was 1-0 (6.4%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.8% likelihood.