This has all of the makings of a brilliant game of football, but Chesterfield's form ahead of this match is a real concern. Halifax have so much talent in the final third of the field, meanwhile, and we are expecting Wild's side to advance courtesy of a narrow success on Tuesday night.
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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 Chesterfield win with a probability of 36.89%. A win for Halifax Town had a probability of 36.18% and a draw had a probability of 26.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chesterfield win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.08%) and 0-2 (6.48%). The likeliest Halifax Town win was 1-0 (10.13%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.79%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Chesterfield would win this match.