Mali have been imperious on home turf over the last couple of matches, and they will be heavily fancied to come out on top here. We can see them coming away with maximum points from what should be a largely one-sided affair.
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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 Mali win with a probability of 95.85%. A draw had a probability of 3.7% and a win for Chad had a probability of 0.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Mali win was 3-0 with a probability of 17.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 4-0 (16.4%) and 2-0 (14.62%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (2.17%), while for a Chad win it was 0-1 (0.35%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 2.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for Mali in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Mali.