Al Jazeera’s AI robotic Kashef has crunched the numbers and has some predictions for at the moment’s sport.
Argentina tackle Croatia within the first semifinal of World Cup 2022.
Kashef, our synthetic intelligence (AI) robotic, has analysed greater than 200 metrics, together with the variety of wins, objectives scored and FIFA rankings, from matches performed over the previous century to see who’s probably to win on Tuesday.
Croatia’s quarterfinal win over Brazil on December 9 not solely surprised the footballing world, however it additionally flummoxed Kashef – just for a second, although.
Our robotic appropriately predicted Argentina’s victory over the Netherlands on Friday, the second quarterfinal of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Right here is Kashef’s prediction:
Who: Argentina vs Croatia
The place: Lusail Stadium
When: December 13, 10pm (19:00 GMT)
Prediction: Lionel Messi will try to information Argentina into the ultimate for the second time in eight years towards 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia. The 2 sides have confronted each other on 5 events with two wins every and a draw.
Kashef favours two-time World Cup champions Argentina for the win at the moment, giving the group a 61 % probability of dashing Luka Modric’s group’s hopes of reaching the ultimate as soon as once more.
Argentina’s win isn’t a foregone conclusion, nonetheless. The Croatians, ranked twelfth, have already crushed the world’s top-ranked group Brazil and are but to have misplaced a match on this event.
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With 60 matches accomplished, Kashef has a 67 % accuracy degree. Each evening at 00:00 GMT Kashef reruns the predictions primarily based on the day’s outcomes.
Predicting match outcomes is not any simple job. Exterior components like group morale or participant health make a giant distinction in how the sport goes. As issues at the moment stand, solely decimal factors separate Kashef’s prime two groups so it is extremely seemingly that the prediction for the event winner will change primarily based on at the moment and tomorrow’s match outcomes.
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