Having recently shown their character to move outside of the drop zone, we fancy Clermont to push Brest all the way on Sunday afternoon. That said, we cannot ignore the improvements made by the home side, leading us to predict a narrow home victory.
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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 Brest win with a probability of 44.52%. A win for Clermont had a probability of 29.02% and a draw had a probability of 26.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Brest win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.94%) and 2-0 (8.16%). The likeliest Clermont win was 0-1 (8.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.56%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Brest would win this match.
