EFL Cup

EFL Cup | First Round

Aug 11, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

The City Ground

Nott'm Forest
2 - 1
Bradford

Carvalho (39', 41')
Cafu (15')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Cooke (54')
Cousin-Dawson (7')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's EFL Cup clash between Nottingham Forest and Bradford City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 39.51%. A win for Bradford City had a probability of 32.91% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.26%) and 2-0 (7.29%). The likeliest Bradford City win was 0-1 (10.26%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.01%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Nottingham Forest would win this match.

Result
Nottingham Forest	Draw	Bradford City
39.51%	27.57%	32.91%

Both teams to score 48.71%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.06%

56.94%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.15%

77.85%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.88%

28.12%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.2%

63.8%

Bradford City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.78%

32.22%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.28%

68.71%

Score Analysis

Nottingham Forest 39.51%

Bradford City 32.91%

Draw 27.57%

Nottingham Forest	Draw	Bradford City
1-0 @ 11.49% 2-1 @ 8.26% 2-0 @ 7.29% 3-1 @ 3.49% 3-0 @ 3.08% 3-2 @ 1.98% 4-1 @ 1.11% 4-0 @ 0.98% Other @ 1.83% Total : 39.51%	1-1 @ 13.01% 0-0 @ 9.06% 2-2 @ 4.68% Other @ 0.82% Total : 27.57%	0-1 @ 10.26% 1-2 @ 7.37% 0-2 @ 5.81% 1-3 @ 2.78% 0-3 @ 2.19% 2-3 @ 1.77% Other @ 2.73% Total : 32.91%

How you voted: Nott'm Forest vs Bradford

Nottingham Forest

64.9%

Draw

15.6%

Bradford City

19.5%