Statistics with Neymar, Thiago Silva, Di María

World-Cup-2014-Brazil-Football-Result-Predictions The players Neymar (BRA), Thiago Silva (BRA) and Di María (ARG) provide an interesting case of statistics regarding the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

In this context, it is first of all very sad that Neymar was hurt so badly – for himself, for all Brazilians, and also for all football fans worldwide. Best wishes to him and also to Angel Di María!

The semi-final between Brazil and Germany we had predicted already before the start of the World Cup. The then calculated result with the highest statistical likelihood was a close 2-1 for Brazil. If we now take into account the drop out of Neymar and captain Thiago Silva when assembling the input data for our analysis, then the tight 2-1 win for Brazil after 90 minutes converts to an even tighter success after penalties – in favour of Germany: 6-5 pen.

Taking into account in the same way the drop out of Di María in the team of Argentina, it seems that – at least statistically – this can be compensated by his team: in both cases, i.e. taking into account his injury as well as not doing so, the prediction is that Argentina wins the semifinal against the Netherlands 2-1 after extra time.

So far the statistical theory ;-) We look forward to the real games – and wish all players that there will be no further injuries.

You can get to the overview of all forecasted and actual results of the World Cup matches in Brazil on our page [World Championship 2014].

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