The Crew are rarely held in check, as we saw on Saturday, but they always seem to come back determined after a rough outing or two, and we expect them to take out their scoring frustrations on a leaky Toronto backline.
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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 Columbus Crew win with a probability of 39.6%. A win for Toronto had a probability of 36.76% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Columbus Crew win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (6.9%) and 0-2 (5.55%). The likeliest Toronto win was 2-1 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.63%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Columbus Crew would win this match.
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