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 Colchester United win with a probability of 40.02%. A win for Walsall had a probability of 31.08% and a draw had a probability of 28.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Colchester United win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.95%) and 0-2 (7.82%). The likeliest Walsall win was 1-0 (11.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.3%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 1.9% likelihood.
