We said: Dalian Pro 1-2 Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua have enjoyed the better of this fixture in recent years and head into Thursday as slight favourites to come away with the desired result. While we expect Dalian Pro to put up a fight, we are backing Wu's men to claim all three points, albeit by a slender margin.
Read more.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 37.49%. A win for Dalian Pro had a probability of 35.88% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Shenhua win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.21%) and 0-2 (6.5%). The likeliest Dalian Pro win was 1-0 (9.76%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.66%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Shanghai Shenhua in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Shanghai Shenhua.