Likely to throw caution to the wind, with time running out to pull off a miraculous escape, Cremonese could be caught out by an Atalanta side that has not always been fluent this term but still boast several attacking threats: the visitors have registered 18 different scorers so far, and no team across Europe's top five leagues has more.
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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 Atalanta BC win with a probability of 48.31%. A win for Cremonese had a probability of 27.67% and a draw had a probability of 24%.
The most likely scoreline for an Atalanta BC win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.24%) and 0-2 (7.78%). The likeliest Cremonese win was 2-1 (6.86%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.25%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Atalanta BC would win this match.
