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 53.27%. A win for Zhejiang Professional had a probability of 25.64% and a draw had a probability of 21.06%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shanghai Port win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.87%) and 2-0 (6.69%). The likeliest Zhejiang Professional win was 1-2 (6.42%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 6.3% likelihood.