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 St Patrick's Athletic win with a probability of 68.84%. A draw had a probability of 19.1% and a win for University College Dublin had a probability of 12.07%.
The most likely scoreline for a St Patrick's Athletic win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.75%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (12.1%) and 2-1 (9.56%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.07%), while for a University College Dublin win it was 0-1 (4.3%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with an 9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that St Patrick's Athletic would win this match.