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 40.49%. A win for Coleraine had a probability of 31.84% and a draw had a probability of 27.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.33%) and 0-2 (7.57%). The likeliest Coleraine win was 1-0 (10.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.03%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 2.1% likelihood.
