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 Ballymena United win with a probability of 42.11%. A win for Portadown had a probability of 34.3% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Ballymena United win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.21%) and 0-2 (5.98%). The likeliest Portadown win was 2-1 (7.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.64%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 4.3% likelihood.
