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 Shamrock Rovers win with a probability of 58.86%. A draw had a probability of 22.5% and a win for University College Dublin had a probability of 18.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Shamrock Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.59%) and 1-2 (9.87%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.69%), while for a University College Dublin win it was 1-0 (5.79%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Shamrock Rovers would win this match.