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 SIPG win with a probability of 50.12%. A win for Shanghai Shenhua had a probability of 25.29% and a draw had a probability of 24.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai SIPG win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.55%) and 0-2 (8.78%). The likeliest Shanghai Shenhua win was 1-0 (7.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.68%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood.