We said: Bohemians 1-1 Dundalk
This has all of the makings of an excellent match, and it will be fascinating to see what occurs on Friday night. Dundalk will enter the match in strong form and off the back of an impressive win over Shamrock, but we have a feeling that Bohemians will be good enough to secure a share of the spoils here.
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 Bohemians win with a probability of 43.2%. A win for Dundalk had a probability of 29.54% and a draw had a probability of 27.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bohemians win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.66%) and 2-0 (8.15%). The likeliest Dundalk win was 0-1 (9.56%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.86%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 2.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Bohemians would win this match.