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 Yokohama F Marinos win with a probability of 58.77%. A draw had a probability of 21.6% and a win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 19.63%.
The most likely scoreline for a Yokohama F Marinos win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.7%) and 0-2 (9.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.12%), while for a Shimizu S-Pulse win it was 2-1 (5.29%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.2% likelihood.