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 39.94%. A win for Changchun Yatai had a probability of 36.99% and a draw had a probability of 23.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.28%) and 2-0 (5.27%). The likeliest Changchun Yatai win was 1-2 (8.12%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.09%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 3.7% likelihood.