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 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright win with a probability of 42.98%. A win for Tianjin TEDA had a probability of 32.22% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shijiazhuang Ever Bright win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.01%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.91%) and 2-0 (6.89%). The likeliest Tianjin TEDA win was 1-2 (7.61%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.64%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shijiazhuang Ever Bright would win this match.