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 Sanfrecce Hiroshima win with a probability of 39.56%. A win for FC Tokyo had a probability of 32.82% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sanfrecce Hiroshima win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.56%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.25%) and 0-2 (7.32%). The likeliest FC Tokyo win was 1-0 (10.29%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.03%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood.