Northern Ireland U19 1, Hungary U19 1

OEIRAS, Portugal (Interstat) — In a tightly contested UEFA Under-19 Women’s Championship qualification match that defied pregame projections, Hungary and North Ireland played to a 1-1 draw Saturday at the Estádio Nacional. The result, in the Group 9 opener for both sides, leaves each team with identical records in the competition and across all matches this season: zero wins, zero losses and one draw. Pre-match analytics heavily favored the Hungarian side, with Interstat’s game simulator predicting a 3-1 victory for Hungary and its ELO rating system giving the hosts a 79.70 percent probability of winning. Those forecasts were undone by… Read more...