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 Shelbourne win with a probability of 40.43%. A win for St Patrick's Athletic had a probability of 30.85% and a draw had a probability of 28.72%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shelbourne win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.03%) and 2-0 (6.87%). The likeliest St Patrick's Athletic win was 0-1 (9.43%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood.