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 37.31%. A win for Cerezo Osaka had a probability of 36.09% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sanfrecce Hiroshima win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.97%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.19%) and 2-0 (6.46%). The likeliest Cerezo Osaka win was 0-1 (9.77%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.65%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood.