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 Belarus win with a probability of 69.33%. A draw had a probability of 20.7% and a win for Estonia had a probability of 10.02%.
The most likely scoreline for a Belarus win was 1-0 with a probability of 16.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (15.61%) and 3-0 (9.73%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.11%), while for a Estonia win it was 0-1 (4.87%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Belarus would win this match.