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 Barcelona win with a probability of 85.87%. A draw had a probability of 10% and a win for Elche had a probability of 4.18%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-3 with a probability of 12.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.86%) and 0-4 (9.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.74%), while for a Elche win it was 1-0 (1.58%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 12.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.