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 Heerenveen win with a probability of 40.59%. A win for Ajax had a probability of 35.12% and a draw had a probability of 24.26%.
The most likely scoreline for a Heerenveen win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.03%) and 2-0 (5.41%). The likeliest Ajax win was 1-2 (7.76%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.16%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 4.8% likelihood.