On the back of the defeat to Swansea, Bilic will be eager to record a bounce-back win. While we do not think that the visitors will have it all their own way in the North West, we are backing the Hornets to edge this contest by the odd goal in three.
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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 Watford win with a probability of 39.44%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.49%) and 0-2 (6.84%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 1-0 (9.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.54%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood.
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