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 PSV Eindhoven win with a probability of 64.39%. A win for Heerenveen had a probability of 18.47% and a draw had a probability of 17.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a PSV Eindhoven win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (7.55%) and 2-0 (5.91%). The likeliest Heerenveen win was 1-2 (4.45%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (6.25%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for PSV Eindhoven in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for PSV Eindhoven.