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 Jiangsu Suning win with a probability of 48.11%. A win for Shandong Luneng Taishan had a probability of 28.26% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Jiangsu Suning win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.6%) and 2-0 (7.43%). The likeliest Shandong Luneng Taishan win was 1-2 (6.96%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.94%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5% likelihood.