We said: Australia 2-0 Jordan
Arnold will want to find a balance between giving minutes to his senior players and ensuring that they are well rested for next week. Nevertheless, the Socceroos should have far too much quality for Jordan, leading us to predict a comfortable win and clean sheet.
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 Australia win with a probability of 47.87%. A win for Jordan had a probability of 28.69% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for an Australia win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.26%) and 2-0 (7.22%). The likeliest Jordan win was 1-2 (7.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.77%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Australia in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Australia.