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 Linfield win with a probability of 41.34%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 32.54% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.73%) and 0-2 (7.17%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-0 (8.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.41%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.3% likelihood.