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 Genoa win with a probability of 43.15%. A win for Spezia had a probability of 31.7% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Genoa win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.01%) and 2-0 (7.13%). The likeliest Spezia win was 0-1 (7.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.88%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Genoa would win this match.