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 Brentford win with a probability of 44.02%. A win for Sheffield United had a probability of 31.28% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.12%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.01%) and 0-2 (7.08%). The likeliest Sheffield United win was 2-1 (7.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.59%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood.