EFL Cup

EFL Cup | First Round

Sep 5, 2020 at 2.15pm UK

Banks's Stadium

Walsall
0 - 0
Sheff Weds

FT
(aet)

Bannan (40'), Borner (55')

Sheff Weds win 4-2 on penalties

The Match

Match Report

The Owls - who will start the Championship season on minus 12 points after breaking spending rules - won the shoot-out 4-2.

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 Sheffield Wednesday win with a probability of 39.35%. A win for Walsall had a probability of 35.48% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 with a probability of 8.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.6%) and 0-2 (6.3%). The likeliest Walsall win was 1-0 (8.17%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.85%).

Result
Walsall	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
35.48%	25.18%	39.35%

Both teams to score 57%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.42%

46.58%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.15%

68.85%

Walsall Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.46%

25.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.6%

60.4%

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.55%

23.45%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.54%

57.46%

Score Analysis

Walsall 35.48%

Sheffield Wednesday 39.35%

Draw 25.17%

Walsall	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 8.17% 2-1 @ 8.09% 2-0 @ 5.58% 3-1 @ 3.68% 3-2 @ 2.67% 3-0 @ 2.54% 4-1 @ 1.26% 4-2 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.58% Total : 35.48%	1-1 @ 11.85% 0-0 @ 5.99% 2-2 @ 5.87% 3-3 @ 1.29% Other @ 0.17% Total : 25.17%	0-1 @ 8.69% 1-2 @ 8.6% 0-2 @ 6.3% 1-3 @ 4.16% 0-3 @ 3.05% 2-3 @ 2.84% 1-4 @ 1.51% 0-4 @ 1.1% 2-4 @ 1.03% Other @ 2.08% Total : 39.35%