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 Kashiwa Reysol win with a probability of 44.26%. A win for Shimizu S-Pulse had a probability of 28.77% and a draw had a probability of 27%.
The most likely scoreline for a Kashiwa Reysol win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.8%) and 0-2 (8.32%). The likeliest Shimizu S-Pulse win was 1-0 (9.24%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.75%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.8% likelihood.