While Morecambe will be looking to pick up a morale-boosting result and march on in the cup competition, standing in their way is a rampant Rotherham United side who are unbeaten in 15 straight games. We are backing the home side to make light work of the Shrimps, who have struggled for results since the second quarter of the year, and come away with a comfortable win.
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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 Rotherham United win with a probability of 64.93%. A draw had a probability of 20% and a win for Morecambe had a probability of 15.08%.
The most likely scoreline for a Rotherham United win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.61%) and 2-1 (9.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.47%), while for a Morecambe win it was 0-1 (4.54%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood.