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 Stoke City win with a probability of 35.1%. A win for Coventry City had a probability of 33.63% and a draw had a probability of 31.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (6.96%) and 1-2 (6.71%). The likeliest Coventry City win was 1-0 (13.63%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 0-0 (14.14%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 14.1% likelihood.