A game against promotion-chasing Barnsley at Oakwell will surely be too much for a struggling Cambridge side to cope with. Barnsley's clean sheet-shy defence will give United hope, but possibly not enough for them to get a result.
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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 Barnsley win with a probability of 69.62%. A draw had a probability of 19.1% and a win for Cambridge United had a probability of 11.32%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (12.89%) and 2-1 (9.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.01%), while for a Cambridge United win it was 0-1 (4.33%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 13.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Barnsley in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Barnsley.
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