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 Newcastle Jets win with a probability of 50.06%. A win for Macarthur had a probability of 27.48% and a draw had a probability of 22.46%.
The most likely scoreline for a Newcastle Jets win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.27%) and 0-2 (7.4%). The likeliest Macarthur win was 2-1 (6.37%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.73%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood.