Ghana were largely underwhelming against Brazil, but they will be expected to fare better against less illustrious opponents. We are tipping the West Africans to just about get the job done here in what should be a close contest. 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 Nicaragua win with a probability of 49.77%. A draw had a probability of 25.7% and a win for Ghana had a probability of 24.55%.

The most likely scoreline for a Nicaragua win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.38%) and 2-1 (9.33%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.17%), while for a Ghana win it was 0-1 (7.95%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Ghana would win this match.

Result
Nicaragua	Draw	Ghana
49.77% ( 0)	25.67% ( -0)	24.55% ( 0)

Both teams to score 49.39% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.3% (

0.01)

53.7% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.81% (

0.01)

75.18% (

-0.01)

Nicaragua Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.4% (

0.01)

21.6% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.3% (

0.01)

54.7% (

-0.01)

Ghana Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63% (

0.01)

37% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.21% (

0.01)

73.79% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Nicaragua 49.77%

Ghana 24.55%

Draw 25.67%

Nicaragua	Draw	Ghana
1-0 @ 12.24% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 9.38% ( -0) 2-1 @ 9.33% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4.79% 3-1 @ 4.77% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.37% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.84% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.83% ( 0) 4-2 @ 0.91% ( 0) Other @ 2.31% Total : 49.77%	1-1 @ 12.17% 0-0 @ 7.99% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.64% ( 0) Other @ 0.87% Total : 25.67%	0-1 @ 7.95% ( -0) 1-2 @ 6.05% ( 0) 0-2 @ 3.95% 1-3 @ 2.01% 2-3 @ 1.54% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 1.75% Total : 24.55%