Both countries will be looking to claim their first wins at a World Cup finals, and we think that the honour may go to Argentina, who have still been in promising form despite losing to Italy, having won five of their last seven internationals.
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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 Argentina Women win with a probability of 80.91%. A draw had a probability of 12.6% and a win for South Africa Women had a probability of 6.53%.
The most likely scoreline for an Argentina Women win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.12%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.23%) and 1-0 (8.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.94%), while for a South Africa Women win it was 0-1 (2.14%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 2.8% likelihood.
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