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 Shanghai Port win with a probability of 49.52%. A draw had a probability of 25.8% and a win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 24.73%.

The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.26%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.35%) and 1-2 (9.31%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.21%), while for a Zhejiang Professional win it was 1-0 (8.01%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shanghai Port would win this match.