Huddersfield have been superb for three months, making it difficult to back against them regardless of the opposition. However, we are going to do just that, with the City Ground atmosphere and the carrot of hosting Liverpool helping Forest to a victory at extra time.
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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 47.98%. A draw had a probability of 26.1% and a win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 25.92%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.18%) and 2-0 (9.03%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.37%), while for a Huddersfield Town win it was 0-1 (8.34%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Nottingham Forest in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Nottingham Forest.