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 Pontefract Collieries win with a probability of 54.67%. A win for Sheffield had a probability of 24.16% and a draw had a probability of 21.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Pontefract Collieries win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.23%) and 0-1 (6.99%). The likeliest Sheffield win was 2-1 (6.09%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.23%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood.