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 53.94%. A win for Glentoran had a probability of 23.1% and a draw had a probability of 23%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.69%) and 2-0 (8.82%). The likeliest Glentoran win was 1-2 (6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.78%). The actual scoreline of 3-3 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood.