We said: Peterborough United 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Peterborough's recent improvements have gone unnoticed by some, and Posh will feel like they are live opponents against a team of Forest's quality. That said, we cannot see the home side being able to keep Forest down to just a couple of goals, leading us to predict a convincing away victory.
Read more.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 Nottingham Forest win with a probability of 54.05%. A draw had a probability of 24.1% and a win for Peterborough United had a probability of 21.85%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.88%) and 1-2 (9.7%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.46%), while for a Peterborough United win it was 1-0 (6.78%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Nottingham Forest in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Nottingham Forest.
