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 Linfield win with a probability of 37.71%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 34.4% and a draw had a probability of 27.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.98%) and 0-2 (6.95%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-0 (10.8%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.12%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13.1% likelihood.