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 Beijing Guoan win with a probability of 45.31%. A win for Shandong Luneng Taishan had a probability of 30.88% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Beijing Guoan win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.11%) and 0-2 (6.82%). The likeliest Shandong Luneng Taishan win was 2-1 (7.39%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.95%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood.