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 Shimizu S-Pulse win with a probability of 44.79%. A win for Yokohama FC had a probability of 30.71% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shimizu S-Pulse win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.94%) and 2-0 (7.15%). The likeliest Yokohama FC win was 1-2 (7.38%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.48%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood.