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 61.15%. A draw had a probability of 19.5% and a win for Portadown had a probability of 19.38%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.91%) and 1-3 (7.27%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.46%), while for a Portadown win it was 2-1 (5.13%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Linfield would win this match.