We said: Coventry City 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Given their form on the road this season, Wigan will remain confident of securing a positive result against the Sky Blues. Nevertheless, Coventry are developing into a team capable of gatecrashing the promotion race, leading us to predict a narrow win for the home side.
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 Coventry City win with a probability of 43.62%. A win for Wigan Athletic had a probability of 29.56% and a draw had a probability of 26.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.79%) and 2-0 (8.08%). The likeliest Wigan Athletic win was 0-1 (9.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.71%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Coventry City would win this match.