Rochdale have endured a horrid start to the new season and are yet to pick up any points from their opening five league games. In stark contrast, Sheffield Wednesday are unbeaten in five of their six games this season, picking up four wins in that time.
Given the gulf in class and quality between the two sides, and their contrasting form, we are backing the Owls to come away with a comfortable victory on Monday.
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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 Sheffield Wednesday win with a probability of 68.27%. A draw had a probability of 19.7% and a win for Rochdale had a probability of 12.05%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (13%) and 2-1 (9.46%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.3%), while for a Rochdale win it was 0-1 (4.57%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with an 9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sheffield Wednesday would win this match.
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