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 Kashiwa Reysol win with a probability of 59.69%. A draw had a probability of 21.7% and a win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 18.64%.
The most likely scoreline for a Kashiwa Reysol win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.09%) and 2-1 (9.95%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.24%), while for a Shimizu S-Pulse win it was 0-1 (5.27%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.