We said: Hernan Cortes 0-3 Real Betis
While many will be backing a huge win for the visitors here, Pellegrini is expected to make wholesale changes with a few important fixtures incoming over the next few weeks. The hosts are expected to give it a good go here, but we fancy the visitors to secure a routine victory.
Read more.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 Real Betis win with a probability of 80.06%. A draw had a probability of 12.8% and a win for Hernan Cortes had a probability of 7.19%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Betis win was 0-2 with a probability of 11.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (10.53%) and 1-2 (8.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.95%), while for a Hernan Cortes win it was 2-1 (2.23%). The actual scoreline of 1-12 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Real Betis would win this match.