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 Fleetwood Town win with a probability of 46.45%. A win for Rochdale had a probability of 27.26% and a draw had a probability of 26.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Fleetwood Town win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.08%) and 0-2 (8.65%). The likeliest Rochdale win was 1-0 (8.56%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.47%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood.