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 Cerezo Osaka win with a probability of 46.96%. A win for Kashiwa Reysol had a probability of 28.55% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cerezo Osaka win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.51%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.37%) and 0-2 (7.72%). The likeliest Kashiwa Reysol win was 1-0 (7.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.54%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.9% likelihood.