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 64.41%. A draw had a probability of 18.2% and a win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 17.34%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.83%) and 3-1 (7.61%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.74%), while for a Zhejiang Professional win it was 1-2 (4.65%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shanghai Port would win this match.