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 Shanghai Port win with a probability of 48.04%. A win for Wuhan had a probability of 26.55% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.18%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.34%) and 0-2 (8.64%). The likeliest Wuhan win was 1-0 (7.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.08%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Shanghai Port in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Shanghai Port.