Coverage of the NIFL Premiership clash between Linfield and Crusaders.
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 51.04%. A draw had a probability of 25.2% and a win for Crusaders had a probability of 23.75%.
The most likely scoreline for a Linfield win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.54%) and 2-1 (9.46%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.97%), while for a Crusaders win it was 0-1 (7.58%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Linfield would win this match.
