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 Cardiff City win with a probability of 40.22%. A win for Middlesbrough had a probability of 31.45% and a draw had a probability of 28.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.51%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.13%) and 0-2 (7.71%). The likeliest Middlesbrough win was 1-0 (10.71%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.2%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13.2% likelihood.