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 NEC win with a probability of 47.6%. A win for Heracles had a probability of 28.39% and a draw had a probability of 24%.
The most likely scoreline for a NEC win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9%) and 0-2 (7.57%). The likeliest Heracles win was 2-1 (6.99%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.21%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-2 win for NEC in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for NEC.