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 Glentoran win with a probability of 89.56%. A draw had a probability of 7.7% and a win for Portadown had a probability of 2.76%.
The most likely scoreline for a Glentoran win was 3-0 with a probability of 13.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.49%) and 4-0 (11.27%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (3.65%), while for a Portadown win it was 0-1 (1.11%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Glentoran would win this match.