The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - South America clash between Brazil and Colombia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Predicted Lineups
Sports Mole looks at how Brazil could line up for Thursday's World Cup qualifying clash with Colombia in Sao Paulo.
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 Brazil win with a probability of 61.94%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Colombia had a probability of 13.42%.
The most likely scoreline for a Brazil win was 1-0 with a probability of 18.05%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (14.36%) and 2-1 (8.41%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (11.34%), while for a Colombia win it was 0-1 (6.64%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 18.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Brazil in this match.
| Result | ||
| Brazil | Draw | Colombia |
| 61.94% | 24.64% | 13.42% |
| Both teams to score 35.27% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
