We said: Israel 1-3 Norway
Israel's World Cup Qualifying games often turn out to be entertaining spectacles for the neutrals; they have both scored and conceded in their last five such games, and each of their last nine has seen at least three goals.
Expect that theme to continue in Debrecen, where the 'hosts' can trouble the Norwegian defence, but Solbakken's fearsome attack will surely prove too potent as the Scandinavians make it two for two.
Read more.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 Norway win with a probability of 51.88%. A win for Israel had a probability of 25.5% and a draw had a probability of 22.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Norway win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.3%) and 0-2 (7.74%). The likeliest Israel win was 2-1 (6.45%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.34%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 1.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Norway would win this match.