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 Coleraine win with a probability of 80.14%. A draw had a probability of 13% and a win for Portadown had a probability of 6.88%.
The most likely scoreline for a Coleraine win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.09%) and 1-0 (8.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.14%), while for a Portadown win it was 0-1 (2.24%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 12.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Coleraine in this match.