Tranmere Rovers and Leicester City are separated by two divisions, with the Foxes performing very well in their respective league, while the Rovers have made a poor start to the season.
As such, we expect the visitors to record another relatively comfortable win in the EFL Cup, booking their place in the third round of the competition.
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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 Leicester City win with a probability of 49.49%. A win for Tranmere Rovers had a probability of 26.06% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.54%) and 0-2 (8.47%). The likeliest Tranmere Rovers win was 1-0 (7.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.58%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Leicester City in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Leicester City.
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