Even with the Owls likely to rotate their squad, we cannot envisage any result other than a dominant home triumph on Friday with Moore having more than enough talent at his disposal to see them through to the second round.
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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 76.16%. A draw had a probability of 15.2% and a win for Morecambe had a probability of 8.67%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.46%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.38%) and 1-0 (9.97%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.2%), while for a Morecambe win it was 0-1 (2.88%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 12.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Sheffield Wednesday in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Sheffield Wednesday.
