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 F Marinos win with a probability of 52.24%. A win for Cerezo Osaka had a probability of 24.34% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Yokohama F Marinos win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.72%) and 0-2 (8.59%). The likeliest Cerezo Osaka win was 2-1 (6.24%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.01%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood.
