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 Shamrock Rovers win with a probability of 74.76%. A draw had a probability of 17.3% and a win for University College Dublin had a probability of 7.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Shamrock Rovers win was 0-2 with a probability of 15.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (14.62%) and 0-3 (11.24%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.88%), while for a University College Dublin win it was 1-0 (3.67%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shamrock Rovers would win this match.