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 Italy win with a probability of 79.91%. A draw had a probability of 13.7% and a win for Lithuania had a probability of 6.42%.
The most likely scoreline for a Italy win was 0-2 with a probability of 14.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (12%) and 0-1 (11.01%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.48%), while for a Lithuania win it was 1-0 (2.53%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 14.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Italy in this match.