Data Analysis
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 Beijing Guoan win with a probability of 43.18%. A win for Shanghai SIPG had a probability of 32.23% and a draw had a probability of 24.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Beijing Guoan win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.68%) and 2-0 (6.82%). The likeliest Shanghai SIPG win was 1-2 (7.62%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.5%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood.