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 Shenhua win with a probability of 37.72%. A win for Shanghai Port had a probability of 35.93% and a draw had a probability of 26.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Shenhua win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.29%) and 0-2 (6.45%). The likeliest Shanghai Port win was 1-0 (9.48%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.53%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood.