Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 16

Dec 29, 2020 at 8pm UK

Old Trafford

Man Utd
1 - 0
Wolves

Rashford (90+3')
Rashford (50')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Patricio (73')

Reaction

Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring for Manchester United against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on December 29, 2020

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The Match

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 Manchester United win with a probability of 57.23%. A draw had a probability of 22.4% and a win for Wolverhampton Wanderers had a probability of 20.33%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester United win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.91%) and 2-0 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.61%), while for a Wolverhampton Wanderers win it was 0-1 (5.68%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Manchester United in this match.

Result
Manchester United	Draw	Wolverhampton Wanderers
57.23%	22.44%	20.33%

Both teams to score 54.05%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.11%

44.89%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.75%

67.24%

Manchester United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.56%

15.44%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.71%

44.29%

Wolverhampton Wanderers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.92%

36.08%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.14%

72.86%

Score Analysis

Manchester United 57.22%

Wolverhampton Wanderers 20.33%

Draw 22.44%

Manchester United	Draw	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-0 @ 10.4% 2-1 @ 9.91% 2-0 @ 9.72% 3-1 @ 6.17% 3-0 @ 6.05% 3-2 @ 3.15% 4-1 @ 2.88% 4-0 @ 2.83% 4-2 @ 1.47% 5-1 @ 1.08% 5-0 @ 1.06% Other @ 2.51% Total : 57.22%	1-1 @ 10.61% 0-0 @ 5.57% 2-2 @ 5.05% 3-3 @ 1.07% Other @ 0.14% Total : 22.44%	0-1 @ 5.68% 1-2 @ 5.41% 0-2 @ 2.9% 1-3 @ 1.84% 2-3 @ 1.72% 0-3 @ 0.98% Other @ 1.81% Total : 20.33%