We said: Azerbaijan 0-2 Belgium
A huge gulf in class divides these sides, and Belgium will expect to make their supremacy pay. Azerbaijan's heavy losses have come away from home, though, so it may be a narrower margin that separates them than many expect.
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 Belgium win with a probability of 48.41%. A draw had a probability of 26.9% and a win for Azerbaijan had a probability of 24.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Belgium win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.61%) and 1-2 (8.95%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.58%), while for an Azerbaijan win it was 1-0 (8.86%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 13.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Belgium in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Belgium.