New Saints are regularly found out at this level of European football, and although we expect them to keep things close in this second leg, the visitors should have too much quality for them in the end.
Hacken are flying high towards the top of their domestic table once again having recently lifted the Swedish Cup, and they will have their sights firmly set on reaching the group stage of this competition for the first time in their history.
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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 The New Saints win with a probability of 47.83%. A win for Hacken had a probability of 29.75% and a draw had a probability of 22.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a The New Saints win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.79%) and 2-0 (6.37%). The likeliest Hacken win was 1-2 (7.07%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.8%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 3.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Hacken would win this match.
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