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 56.98%. A draw had a probability of 22.3% and a win for Shanghai Shenhua had a probability of 20.68%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.91%) and 0-2 (9.5%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.53%), while for a Shanghai Shenhua win it was 1-0 (5.59%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.5% likelihood.