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 49.36%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 25.47% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.3%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.44%) and 0-2 (8.92%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-0 (7.59%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.96%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood.