Our model gives Lithuania 28%, the draw 29% and Suriname 43%, so Suriname start as favourites. If you want one score, our predicted score is Lithuania 0–1 Suriname, the most likely Suriname win (12%). Lithuania are expected to score 1.0 goals and Suriname 1.4, 2.4 between them. There is a 48% chance both sides score and three or more goals is 43%.
We expect Lithuania to have 10.5 shots (3.5 on target) and Suriname 10.7 (4.6 on target), and corners at 4.2 to 3.1.
Written from the numbers on this page. These are forecasts, not certainties.
The grey number is their average over the last six.
How likely each side is to reach these totals before half-time.
At half-time we update each side’s chance of scoring in the second half from what the first half showed.
Suriname or draw is 72% now. Here is what it would become at half-time:
Based on the half-time score alone — team news is not included.
Bawler's model rates this match: Suriname are favoured (43% win probability vs 28% for Lithuania, 29% draw). The model uses each side’s expected goals, recent form and the strength of the opposition.
Bawler's predicted score is Lithuania 0-1 Suriname: the most likely score if Suriname win, which is the likeliest result (43%). Our model puts that exact score at 12.0%. Expected total goals: 2.4.
Bawler estimates each side's expected goals from its results and the quality of its chances, adjusted for the strength of the opposition and for home advantage, then works out the chance of every scoreline to get win, draw and both-teams-to-score probabilities. Team news and lineups are not built into these numbers. For this match that gives Lithuania 28%, the draw 29% and Suriname 43%. Every prediction is published before kickoff and settled afterwards.
Probably not — Bawler's model gives both teams scoring a 48% chance, so at least one side is more likely than not to keep a clean sheet. That is based on Lithuania expecting 1.04 goals and Suriname 1.37.
Bawler's model expects 2.4 goals in total. It leans slightly towards two goals or fewer: over 2.5 goals is 43%.
Clubs usually name their line-ups about an hour before kickoff.