With the quality throughout their squad, Sheffield Wednesday are bound to return to winning ways sooner rather than later, and we see them taking all three points relatively comfortably at home to one of the league's strugglers on Saturday.
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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 78.35%. A draw had a probability of 13.9% and a win for Burton Albion had a probability of 7.72%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.71%) and 1-0 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.59%), while for a Burton Albion win it was 0-1 (2.5%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sheffield Wednesday would win this match.