Barnsley's recent form has been excellent, and there is no question that this is a very difficult match for Wednesday. The Owls have the best away record in League One this season, picking up 34 points from 16 matches, but they might have to settle for a share of the spoils in this match.
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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 36.42%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 35.77% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.84%) and 2-0 (6.63%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (10.96%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.11%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Barnsley would win this match.
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