We said: South Africa 1-1 Namibia
The pressure is on South Africa to get a win here, especially with a difficult final group match against Tunisia likely to determine their fate. Namibia were deserved winners in their first match, and while they would relish the opportunity to beat their neighbours, they would likely settle for a draw here, which would put them in a very strong position to reach the last 16.
It should be an intense match between two sides that know each other very well, and we feel there will be nothing to split them at the final whistle.
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 South Africa win with a probability of 55.57%. A draw had a probability of 26.4% and a win for Namibia had a probability of 18.02%.
The most likely scoreline for a South Africa win was 1-0 with a probability of 16.46%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.19%) and 2-1 (8.73%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.78%), while for a Namibia win it was 0-1 (7.95%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that South Africa would win this match.