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 Belgium win with a probability of 56.76%. A win for Czech Republic had a probability of 22.07% and a draw had a probability of 21.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Belgium win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.06%) and 1-0 (7.86%). The likeliest Czech Republic win was 1-2 (5.76%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.52%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Belgium would win this match.