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 Linfield win with a probability of 38.25%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 36.68% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.39%) and 2-0 (6.03%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-2 (8.26%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.77%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood.
