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 56.54%. A draw had a probability of 22.8% and a win for Sevilla had a probability of 20.61%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.77%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.88%) and 0-2 (9.82%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.83%), while for a Sevilla win it was 1-0 (5.95%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.