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 Urawa Red Diamonds win with a probability of 46.26%. A win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 28.01% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Urawa Red Diamonds win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.19%) and 2-0 (8.28%). The likeliest Shimizu S-Pulse win was 0-1 (8.15%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.23%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.2% likelihood.
