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 Switzerland win with a probability of 37.96%. A win for Cameroon had a probability of 33.9% and a draw had a probability of 28.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Switzerland win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.95%) and 2-0 (7.08%). The likeliest Cameroon win was 0-1 (10.95%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.19%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Switzerland in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Switzerland.