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 Barcelona win with a probability of 77.66%. A draw had a probability of 14.8% and a win for Getafe had a probability of 7.51%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.75%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.3%) and 1-0 (11.16%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.04%), while for a Getafe win it was 0-1 (2.86%). The actual scoreline of 5-2 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.