We said: Slovakia 1-1 Austria
With both sides coming into this clash in a good vein of form, we are expecting a hard-fought encounter between the teams on Saturday afternoon.
Austria are without their talismanic figure in Alaba whilst Slovakia are weaker defensively without Skriniar, so we are predicting a draw in this friendly.
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 Austria win with a probability of 37.06%. A win for Slovakia had a probability of 35.15% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for an Austria win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.92%) and 0-2 (6.77%). The likeliest Slovakia win was 1-0 (10.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.1%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Austria would win this match.