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 Shanghai Port win with a probability of 57.07%. A draw had a probability of 23.6% and a win for Qingdao Jonoon had a probability of 19.28%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.84%) and 1-2 (9.7%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.22%), while for a Qingdao Jonoon win it was 1-0 (6.5%). The actual scoreline of 0-5 was predicted with a 0.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shanghai Port would win this match.