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 Yokohama FC win with a probability of 38.27%. A win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 35.34% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Yokohama FC win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.35%) and 2-0 (6.58%). The likeliest Shimizu S-Pulse win was 0-1 (9.43%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.54%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 3.4% likelihood.