With Saturday's contest representing the tournament opener for both sides, we think that the two teams could be involved in a cagey contest, but with Switzerland 10 places higher than Portugal in the FIFA World Rankings, we believe they will have the extra quality needed to edge out Portugal.
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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 Switzerland Women win with a probability of 41.04%. A win for Portugal Women had a probability of 33.58% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Switzerland Women win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.78%) and 0-2 (6.75%). The likeliest Portugal Women win was 1-0 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.99%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.7% likelihood.