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 44.77%. A win for Wealdstone had a probability of 30.44% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stockport County win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.18%) and 0-2 (7.32%). The likeliest Wealdstone win was 1-0 (7.43%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.67%). The actual scoreline of 2-5 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Stockport County would win this match.