The first leg result leaves this tie perfectly balanced, and there is every chance the game will go to extra time - particularly without the defunct away goals rule. Linfield were denied by some sharp goalkeeping last Tuesday, but the support of the Windsor Park faithful can spur them on to score more than once. It may ultimately take spot-kicks to decide which side progresses, though. Read more.

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 The New Saints win with a probability of 41.63%. A win for Linfield had a probability of 33.63% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a The New Saints win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.56%) and 0-2 (6.56%). The likeliest Linfield win was 2-1 (7.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.58%).

Result
Linfield	Draw	The New Saints
33.63% ( -0.03)	24.75% ( -0)	41.63% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 58.11% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.03% (

0.02)

44.97% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.68% (

0.02)

67.33% (

-0.01)

Linfield Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.14% (

-0.01)

25.86% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.17% (

-0.01)

60.83% (

0.02)

The New Saints Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.37% (

0.02)

21.63% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.26% (

0.03)

54.74% (

-0.03)

Score Analysis

Linfield 33.63%

The New Saints 41.63%

Draw 24.74%

Linfield	Draw	The New Saints
2-1 @ 7.83% ( -0) 1-0 @ 7.56% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 5.12% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 3.53% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.7% ( -0) 3-0 @ 2.31% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.19% ( -0) 4-2 @ 0.91% ( -0) Other @ 2.47% Total : 33.63%	1-1 @ 11.58% 2-2 @ 6% ( 0) 0-0 @ 5.59% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.38% ( 0) Other @ 0.2% Total : 24.74%	1-2 @ 8.87% ( 0) 0-1 @ 8.56% 0-2 @ 6.56% ( 0) 1-3 @ 4.53% ( 0) 0-3 @ 3.35% ( 0) 2-3 @ 3.06% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.73% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.28% ( 0) 2-4 @ 1.17% ( 0) Other @ 2.52% Total : 41.63%