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 Sanfrecce Hiroshima win with a probability of 54.13%. A draw had a probability of 25.1% and a win for Nagoya Grampus had a probability of 20.74%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sanfrecce Hiroshima win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.46%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.71%) and 2-1 (9.41%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.82%), while for a Nagoya Grampus win it was 0-1 (7.44%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood.