While the two sides had contrasting results last time out, harming the hosts' position at the summit of the table and giving the visitors renewed confidence in their survival bid, Shelbourne have shown their superior quality throughout the campaign thus far, and we back Duff's men to make a swift return to winning ways on Friday.
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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 Shelbourne win with a probability of 50.72%. A draw had a probability of 26% and a win for Dundalk had a probability of 23.29%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shelbourne win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.92%) and 2-1 (9.24%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.24%), while for a Dundalk win it was 0-1 (8.11%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Shelbourne in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Shelbourne.
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