Coverage of the AFC Champions League Group Stage clash between Shandong Taishan and Kitchee.
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 Shandong Taishan win with a probability of 50.61%. A win for Kitchee had a probability of 26.25% and a draw had a probability of 23.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shandong Taishan win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.66%) and 2-0 (7.79%). The likeliest Kitchee win was 1-2 (6.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.69%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.9% likelihood.