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 Cliftonville win with a probability of 40.44%. A win for Portadown had a probability of 34.48% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cliftonville win was 0-1 with a probability of 8.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.73%) and 0-2 (6.48%). The likeliest Portadown win was 1-0 (7.97%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.79%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood.