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 Brackley Town win with a probability of 51.71%. A win for Darlington had a probability of 25.17% and a draw had a probability of 23.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Brackley Town win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.03%) and 2-0 (8.14%). The likeliest Darlington win was 1-2 (6.41%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.75%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Brackley Town would win this match.