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 Shanghai Shenhua win with a probability of 38.28%. A win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 33.9% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Shenhua win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.07%) and 0-2 (7.07%). The likeliest Zhejiang Professional win was 1-0 (10.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.1%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Shanghai Shenhua in this match.