We said: Yokohama F Marinos 3-1 Consadole Sapporo
While Consadole Sapporo will be looking to pick up where they left off against Urawa, they are in for a tough 90 minutes against a well-drilled Yokohama side who have won their last four games. Buoyed by their impressive victory over Newcastle, we predict that Hutchinson's men will come away with another comfortable victory in front of their home supporters.
Read more.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 Yokohama F Marinos win with a probability of 47.92%. A win for Consadole Sapporo had a probability of 30.23% and a draw had a probability of 21.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Yokohama F Marinos win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.98%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.03%) and 2-0 (5.9%). The likeliest Consadole Sapporo win was 1-2 (7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.18%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Yokohama F Marinos would win this match.