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 Glentoran win with a probability of 73.81%. A draw had a probability of 17.4% and a win for Portadown had a probability of 8.75%.
The most likely scoreline for a Glentoran win was 0-2 with a probability of 14.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (13.66%) and 0-3 (10.73%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.12%), while for a Portadown win it was 1-0 (3.74%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Glentoran would win this match.