Peterborough's recent improvements have gone unnoticed by some, and Posh will feel like they are live opponents against a team of Forest's quality. That said, we cannot see the home side being able to keep Forest down to just a couple of goals, leading us to predict a convincing away victory.
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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 Nottingham Forest win with a probability of 54.05%. A draw had a probability of 24.1% and a win for Peterborough United had a probability of 21.85%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.88%) and 1-2 (9.7%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.46%), while for a Peterborough United win it was 1-0 (6.78%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Nottingham Forest in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Nottingham Forest.