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 Port win with a probability of 58.67%. A draw had a probability of 22.1% and a win for Hebei had a probability of 19.27%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.01%) and 1-2 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.44%), while for a Hebei win it was 1-0 (5.49%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.