We said: North Macedonia 1-2 Ukraine
While Germany dominated the possession and shooting statistical columns against Ukraine, Rebrov's side punished their hosts' lackadaisical defending and can be relied upon to do the same against a waning North Macedonia outfit.
The manner of the hosts' wins over the Faroe Islands and Malta in March were far from convincing, and we can only picture Ukraine ending the Lynxes' winning sequence to kick-start their bid for a top-two finish.
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 North Macedonia win with a probability of 41.72%. A win for Ukraine had a probability of 29.88% and a draw had a probability of 28.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a North Macedonia win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.23%) and 2-0 (8.14%). The likeliest Ukraine win was 0-1 (10.54%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.17%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Ukraine would win this match.