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 36.72%. A win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 34.79% and a draw had a probability of 28.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.71%) and 2-0 (6.87%). The likeliest Zhejiang Professional win was 0-1 (11.44%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.28%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13.3% likelihood.