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 FC Zurich win with a probability of 44.4%. A win for Sion had a probability of 30.93% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Zurich win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.06%) and 2-0 (7.16%). The likeliest Sion win was 1-2 (7.41%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.58%). The actual scoreline of 6-2 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that FC Zurich would win this match.