We said: Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 Nice
Whether some complacency crept into Maccabi Tel Aviv's play during their second leg with Aris is a question only the players can answer, and the hosts certainly go into Thursday's game holding the underdog tag.
Nice were largely indebted to Schmeichel for keeping the scoreline at 1-1 at the weekend, but Favre's bright attacking forces should propel their side to a healthy first-leg lead this week.
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 Nice win with a probability of 41.45%. A win for Maccabi Tel Aviv had a probability of 30.76% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nice win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.38%) and 0-2 (7.87%). The likeliest Maccabi Tel Aviv win was 1-0 (10.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.05%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood.