Stevenage do come into the contest with momentum and have already caused an upset in this year's competition, but, on the back of a 4-0 victory of their own last time out, we back Neil's men to come through a tough test and advance to the next 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 Stoke City win with a probability of 37.8%. A win for Stevenage had a probability of 35.16% and a draw had a probability of 27%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.18%) and 2-0 (6.71%). The likeliest Stevenage win was 0-1 (10.08%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.84%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Stoke City would win this match.
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