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 Stoke City win with a probability of 40%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 33.21% and a draw had a probability of 26.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.48%) and 0-2 (7.13%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 1-0 (9.55%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.72%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.