Wednesday may not have been at their free-flowing best for much of the campaign, but a victory against strugglers Doncaster is the only realistic option for the Owls should they hope to maintain playoff hopes.
Doncaster will likely make it difficult for the visitors, yet the Sheffield outfit should have enough to edge this one comfortably.
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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 72.01%. A draw had a probability of 17.9% and a win for Doncaster Rovers had a probability of 10.05%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-2 with a probability of 13.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (12.7%) and 0-3 (9.98%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.48%), while for a Doncaster Rovers win it was 1-0 (3.91%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-3 win for Sheffield Wednesday in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Sheffield Wednesday.
