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 River Plate win with a probability of 65.93%. A draw had a probability of 21.7% and a win for Banfield had a probability of 12.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a River Plate win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (14.12%) and 2-1 (9.08%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.91%), while for a Banfield win it was 0-1 (5.41%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that River Plate would win this match.