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 Linfield win with a probability of 36.44%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 35.87% and a draw had a probability of 27.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.87%) and 0-2 (6.6%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-0 (10.85%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.07%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Linfield would win this match.
