No side drew more away games in the Championship than Blackpool last season, and we think that they will continue that trend in their first away match of the season by playing out a draw with Stoke.
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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 Stoke City win with a probability of 37.6%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 33.68% and a draw had a probability of 28.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.27%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.75%) and 2-0 (7.14%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (11.44%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Stoke City would win this match.