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 66.03%. A draw had a probability of 19.4% and a win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 14.54%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.24%) and 2-1 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.18%), while for a Zhejiang Professional win it was 0-1 (4.28%). The actual scoreline of 3-4 was predicted with a 0.2% likelihood.