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 Cardiff City win with a probability of 38.62%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 35.27% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.43%) and 0-2 (6.55%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (9.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.41%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood.
