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 37.96%. A win for Chengdu Qianbao had a probability of 35.36% and a draw had a probability of 26.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.27%) and 0-2 (6.62%). The likeliest Chengdu Qianbao win was 1-0 (9.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.68%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood.