We said: Aberdeen 2-2 Hacken (Aberdeen to win on penalties after 4-4 draw on aggregate)
The managers of both Aberdeen and Hacken will be keen to see a response from their players on Thursday following their under-par performances on the domestic front over the weekend.
Another closely-fought contest could be on the cards in the reverse fixture, one that could go beyond 90 minutes, but with Aberdeen playing in front of a fired-up Pittodrie crowd, we believe that they will do enough to progress to the group stage.
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 Hacken win with a probability of 53.69%. A win for Aberdeen had a probability of 24.17% and a draw had a probability of 22.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hacken win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.21%) and 0-2 (7.91%). The likeliest Aberdeen win was 2-1 (6.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.08%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Hacken would win this match.