We said: Huddersfield Town 2-0 Barnsley
The FA Cup third round provided Barnsley with some respite from their league struggles, but they only just edged past a side two divisions below them. With a run of defeats following in the Championship, we expect them to lose again here and Huddersfield to continue their impressive unbeaten run.
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 Huddersfield Town win with a probability of 48.53%. A win for Barnsley had a probability of 25.97% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Huddersfield Town win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.34%) and 2-0 (8.86%). The likeliest Barnsley win was 0-1 (7.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.12%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Huddersfield Town in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Huddersfield Town.
