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 River Plate win with a probability of 40.55%. A win for Sud America had a probability of 33.62% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a River Plate win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.69%) and 2-0 (6.86%). The likeliest Sud America win was 0-1 (8.66%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.26%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that River Plate would win this match.