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 Cerezo Osaka win with a probability of 41.61%. A win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 30.49% and a draw had a probability of 27.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cerezo Osaka win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.37%) and 0-2 (7.95%). The likeliest Shimizu S-Pulse win was 1-0 (10.21%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.07%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.9% likelihood.