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 USA win with a probability of 61.78%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Honduras had a probability of 13.58%.
The most likely scoreline for a USA win was 1-0 with a probability of 17.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (14.27%) and 2-1 (8.44%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (11.26%), while for a Honduras win it was 0-1 (6.67%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-0 win for USA in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for USA.