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 77.98%. A draw had a probability of 14.7% and a win for Cangzhou Mighty Lions had a probability of 7.28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-2 with a probability of 14.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (11.49%) and 0-1 (11.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.99%), while for a Cangzhou Mighty Lions win it was 1-0 (2.84%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shanghai Port would win this match.