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 Consadole Sapporo win with a probability of 42.87%. A win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 31.36% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Consadole Sapporo win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.93%) and 0-2 (7.38%). The likeliest Shimizu S-Pulse win was 1-0 (8.4%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.24%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.4% likelihood.