Even with the welcome return of Schick, finding the back of the net has not been the Czech Republic's forte, and the absence of Akanji is unlikely to help the visitors too much in that regard.
After quelling the Czech's shot-shy attack, Switzerland can venture forward and cause Silhavy's side all sort of problems as the visitors go all out to win, so we can only back the Rossocrociati to retain their League A status at the expense of their opponents.
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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 Switzerland win with a probability of 55.76%. A draw had a probability of 23.8% and a win for Czech Republic had a probability of 20.43%.
The most likely scoreline for a Switzerland win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.37%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.32%), while for a Czech Republic win it was 0-1 (6.6%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Switzerland would win this match.
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