After a draining FA Cup journey this season having to play Exeter three times, travelling down to St James' Park twice last month, all to end up being knocked out of the competition, that may have negatively impacted the Bradford camp.
Colchester will be looking to take advantage of that and it is a good opportunity for the visitors to record just their third league away win of the season against a side which is not in terrific form.
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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 Bradford City win with a probability of 41.95%. A win for Colchester United had a probability of 30.22% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bradford City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.42%) and 2-0 (8.01%). The likeliest Colchester United win was 0-1 (10.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.04%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.
