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 Liverpool win with a probability of 49.05%. A win for Burnley had a probability of 29.78% and a draw had a probability of 21.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-3 (6.06%) and 0-2 (5.54%). The likeliest Burnley win was 2-1 (6.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (8.49%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Liverpool in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Liverpool.