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 Shandong Luneng Taishan win with a probability of 55.76%. A win for Dalian Yifang had a probability of 22.17% and a draw had a probability of 22.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shandong Luneng Taishan win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.98%) and 2-0 (8.66%). The likeliest Dalian Yifang win was 1-2 (5.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.22%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.