Despite their recent resurgence, Guangzhou City have it all to do in this one against opponents of vastly superior quality. We are backing the home side to cruise to all three points at the end of the 90 minutes.
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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 74.33%. A draw had a probability of 17.5% and a win for Guangzhou City had a probability of 8.17%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 2-0 with a probability of 15.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (14.59%) and 3-0 (11.09%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.99%), while for a Guangzhou City win it was 0-1 (3.74%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 15.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Shanghai Port in this match.
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