We said: Watford 1-2 Hull City
While Watford have been resilient for the most part under Tom Cleverley, they meet a Hull City side knowing only a victory is sufficient for their playoff bid and with renewed confidence from a dominant victory last time out, and given the difference in stakes for both sides, we back the visitors to take all three points from a tight contest.
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 Watford win with a probability of 45.21%. A win for Hull City had a probability of 30.18% and a draw had a probability of 24.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.19%) and 2-0 (7.33%). The likeliest Hull City win was 1-2 (7.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.57%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.8% likelihood.