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 Gremio win with a probability of 40.75%. A win for Cruzeiro had a probability of 34.39% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Gremio win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.77%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.54%) and 2-0 (6.43%). The likeliest Cruzeiro win was 1-2 (7.94%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.64%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Gremio would win this match.