We said: Hibernian 3-1 Queen's Park
Despite both teams making excellent starts in the group stage of the League Cup, it is difficult to ignore the fact that Hibs are a division higher than their opponents.
However, given that both Queen's Park and Hibs won 5-0, they will no doubt feel confident of at least causing their hosts difficulties.
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 Hibernian win with a probability of 48.71%. A win for Queen's Park had a probability of 27.7% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hibernian win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.72%) and 2-0 (7.57%). The likeliest Queen's Park win was 1-2 (6.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.94%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Hibernian would win this match.