While there may be tension in the Norway camp, they will still go into Sunday's contest as the heavy favourites, and we think that they will live up to that tag by rounding off the group stage with a victory.
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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 Norway Women win with a probability of 51.15%. A win for Philippines Women had a probability of 25.47% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Norway Women win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.22%) and 2-0 (8.17%). The likeliest Philippines Women win was 1-2 (6.46%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.91%). The actual scoreline of 6-0 was predicted with a 0.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Norway Women would win this match.