Although Colchester have improved since Etherington came in as their caretaker manager, Stockport are clearly a cut above them in terms of quality, and we expect their mammoth winning run to continue.
Challinor's side appear to be unstoppable at this level on current form and it is likely to take a better team than Colchester to stop them, particularly when playing at Edgeley Park.
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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 Stockport County win with a probability of 61.56%. A draw had a probability of 20.9% and a win for Colchester United had a probability of 17.54%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stockport County win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.06%) and 2-1 (9.95%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.84%), while for a Colchester United win it was 0-1 (4.87%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Stockport County in this match.
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