Coverage of the European Under-21s Championship Qualifying Round clash between Iceland Under-21s and Sweden Under-21s.
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 Iceland Under-21s win with a probability of 40.96%. A win for Sweden Under-21s had a probability of 36.45% and a draw had a probability of 22.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Iceland Under-21s win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.44%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (5.83%) and 2-0 (5.12%). The likeliest Sweden Under-21s win was 1-2 (7.92%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.61%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 5.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Iceland Under-21s would win this match.