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 Linfield win with a probability of 58.94%. A draw had a probability of 22.2% and a win for Coleraine had a probability of 18.81%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.04%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.36%) and 2-1 (9.91%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.56%), while for a Coleraine win it was 0-1 (5.63%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.9% likelihood.