While Chad will look to build on their opening-day result against Sierra Leone, they have their work cut out against a star-studded Ivory Coast who are currently firing on all cylinders.
Given the gulf in quality and depth between the two nations, we are backing the reigning African champions to come away with a comfortable victory at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium.
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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 Ivory Coast win with a probability of 78.68%. A draw had a probability of 16.4% and a win for Chad had a probability of 4.96%.
The most likely scoreline for a Ivory Coast win was 0-2 with a probability of 19.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (18.43%) and 0-3 (13.33%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (8.85%), while for a Chad win it was 1-0 (3.02%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 19.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Ivory Coast in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Ivory Coast.