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 Blackpool win with a probability of 46.08%. A win for Sunderland had a probability of 29.1% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.29%) and 2-0 (7.69%). The likeliest Sunderland win was 0-1 (7.41%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.73%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood.