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 Botafogo win with a probability of 43.3%. A win for Cruzeiro had a probability of 30.34% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Botafogo win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.87%) and 2-0 (7.78%). The likeliest Cruzeiro win was 0-1 (8.85%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.53%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood.