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 Cagliari win with a probability of 40.88%. A win for Sampdoria had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cagliari win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.67%) and 2-0 (6.5%). The likeliest Sampdoria win was 1-2 (7.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.71%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Cagliari would win this match.