Portugal
1 - 0
Azerbaijan

Medvedev (36' og.)
Fernandes (82')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Madatov (52')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's World Cup qualifier between Portugal and Azerbaijan, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Portugal could line up for their World Cup qualifier with Azerbaijan on Wednesday evening.

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 Portugal win with a probability of 67.39%. A draw had a probability of 22.5% and a win for Azerbaijan had a probability of 10.16%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portugal win was 1-0 with a probability of 18.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (16.13%) and 3-0 (9.22%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (10.96%), while for an Azerbaijan win it was 0-1 (5.43%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 18.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Portugal in this match.

Result
Portugal	Draw	Azerbaijan
67.39%	22.45%	10.16%

Both teams to score 32.02%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38%

61.99%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.27%

81.73%

Portugal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.01%

17.99%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.15%

48.85%

Azerbaijan Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

39.05%

60.95%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

8.87%

91.13%

Score Analysis

Portugal 67.38%

Azerbaijan 10.16%

Draw 22.45%

Portugal	Draw	Azerbaijan
1-0 @ 18.8% 2-0 @ 16.13% 3-0 @ 9.22% 2-1 @ 7.99% 3-1 @ 4.57% 4-0 @ 3.96% 4-1 @ 1.96% 5-0 @ 1.36% 3-2 @ 1.13% Other @ 2.27% Total : 67.38%	0-0 @ 10.96% 1-1 @ 9.31% 2-2 @ 1.98% Other @ 0.2% Total : 22.45%	0-1 @ 5.43% 1-2 @ 2.31% 0-2 @ 1.34% Other @ 1.08% Total : 10.16%