

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 Northampton Town win with a probability of 39.2%. A win for Port Vale had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Northampton Town win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.33%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.42%) and 2-0 (6.88%). The likeliest Port Vale win was 0-1 (9.51%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.65%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Northampton Town would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Northampton Town | Draw | Port Vale | 
| 39.2% (  0.05) | 26.61% (  0.01) | 34.18% (  -0.06) | 
| Both teams to score 51.95% (  -0.03) | 
| Goals | 
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 | 
| 47.03% (  -0.04) | 52.96% (  0.04) | 
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 | 
| 25.43% (  -0.03) | 74.56% (  0.03) | 
| Northampton Town Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 73.57% (  0.01) | 26.42% (  -0.01) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 38.41% (  0.02) | 61.59% (  -0.02) | 
| Port Vale Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 70.61% (  -0.06) | 29.39% (  0.05) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 34.62% (  -0.07) | 65.38% (  0.07) | 
| Score Analysis | 
| Northampton Town | Draw | Port Vale | 
| 1-0 @ 10.33% (  0.02) 2-1 @ 8.42% (  0.01) 2-0 @ 6.88% (  0.01) 3-1 @ 3.74% (  0) 3-0 @ 3.05% (  0.01) 3-2 @ 2.29% (  -0) 4-1 @ 1.24% (  0) 4-0 @ 1.02% (  0) Other @ 2.23% Total : 39.2% | 1-1 @ 12.65% 0-0 @ 7.77% (  0.01) 2-2 @ 5.16% (  -0) 3-3 @ 0.93% (  -0) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.61% | 0-1 @ 9.51% (  -0) 1-2 @ 7.75% (  -0.01) 0-2 @ 5.82% (  -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.16% (  -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.38% (  -0.01) 2-3 @ 2.11% (  -0) 1-4 @ 0.97% (  -0.01) Other @ 2.49% Total : 34.18% | 

| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Portsmouth | 46 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 78 | 41 | 37 | 97 | 
| P | Derby CountyDerby | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 78 | 37 | 41 | 92 | 
| 3 | Bolton WanderersBolton | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 86 | 51 | 35 | 87 | 
| 4 | Peterborough UnitedPeterborough | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 89 | 61 | 28 | 84 | 
| 5 | Oxford UnitedOxford Utd | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 79 | 56 | 23 | 77 | 
| 6 | Barnsley | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 82 | 64 | 18 | 76 | 
| 7 | Lincoln CityLincoln | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 74 | 
| 8 | Blackpool | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 48 | 17 | 73 | 
| 9 | Stevenage | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 71 | 
| 10 | Wycombe WanderersWycombe | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 65 | 
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 65 | 
| 12 | Wigan AthleticWigan | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 62 | 
| 13 | Exeter CityExeter | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 61 | -15 | 61 | 
| 14 | Northampton TownNorthampton | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 60 | 
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 68 | -16 | 57 | 
| 16 | Charlton AthleticCharlton | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 64 | 65 | -1 | 53 | 
| 17 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 68 | 70 | -2 | 53 | 
| 18 | Cambridge UnitedCambridge | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 61 | -22 | 48 | 
| 19 | Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 67 | -32 | 48 | 
| 20 | Burton Albion | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 67 | -28 | 46 | 
| R | Cheltenham TownCheltenham | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 44 | 
| R | Fleetwood TownFleetwood | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 49 | 72 | -23 | 43 | 
| R | Port Vale | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 74 | -33 | 41 | 
| R | Carlisle UnitedCarlisle | 46 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 41 | 81 | -40 | 30 | 
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