We said: Gateshead 1-4 Charlton Athletic
Home advantage on a cold Friday night gives Gateshead a real chance of pulling off a famous victory over the former Premier League club. Nevertheless, that does not tempt us into predicting a win for the non-league side, with Charlton's superior quality in all areas of the pitch likely to help them to a routine victory.
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 Charlton Athletic win with a probability of 65.67%. A draw had a probability of 19.3% and a win for Gateshead had a probability of 15.03%.
The most likely scoreline for a Charlton Athletic win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.51%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.86%) and 0-1 (9.65%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.05%), while for a Gateshead win it was 2-1 (4.24%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Charlton Athletic in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Charlton Athletic.
