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 Shelbourne win with a probability of 58.02%. A draw had a probability of 24.9% and a win for University College Dublin had a probability of 17.09%.

The most likely scoreline for a Shelbourne win was 0-1 with a probability of 15.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.36%) and 1-2 (9.12%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.39%), while for a University College Dublin win it was 1-0 (7.12%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 12.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shelbourne would win this match.