Supercomputer is predicting relegation for Boston United
The Tipman Tips AI Supercomputer study is predicting Boston United will be relegated from the National League this season.
The AI supercomputer has predicted this year's National League season’s final table and top goal scorers, taking into account each team's results and performances so far.
The Pilgrims certainly made a slow start to the campaign but, having just won three games in a row, will be hoping to prove the prediction wrong and edge up the table – and there is still a long way to go.
The prediction has Boston finishing 21st with Tom Cursons ending up top scorer for the club with 17 goals.
Boreham Wood are expected to beat the National League points record by gaining automatic promotion to the Football League with 112 points.
Harrogate Town have been predicted to win the Play-Offs, with Gateshead, Solihull, Scunthorpe and Boston facing the drop.
Commenting on the predictions, Fraser Bricknell, founder of TipMan Tips, said: “November is typically the point in the season where the league begins to take shape; some fans will be getting carried away with the start their side has made, whilst others will be demanding drastic improvement.
“Boreham Wood and Harrogate fans will be delighted with this prediction.
“The bottom four, however, will be hoping to prove the doubters wrong and retain their position in the fifth tier.”
The international break is here, but for the large majority of National League clubs, it’s business as usual.
However, this is an important checkpoint in the season with the supercomputer making some bold predictions about how the National League will look come May, and which players will score the most goals.
The study by TipMan Tips fed an AI supercomputer information about each National League team and ran 100,000 simulations of the rest of the season, taking into account each team's performance so far.
The study used Claude Pro’s Fable 5.1 to predict the final table.
Prompts using managerial rumours, each teams performance so far, injuries and potential spending were used.
Boreham Wood are expected to win the title, with the supercomputer predicting them to beat Wrexham’s record and amass 112 points, 27 points ahead of Harrogate in second.
Harrogate Town are predicted to gain promotion via the Play-Offs, defeating Barrow and Southend on the way.
On the opposite end of the table, Gateshead, Solihull, Scunthorpe and Boston have been tipped to be relegated, with all four making slow starts so far this campaign.
Matt Rush has been backed to be the top goalscorer in the National League, finding the net 28 times, having already scored 10 goals.
Here’s the full National League table predicted by the Supercomputer
Position – Team – Top Scorer – Points
1 Boreham Wood (Matt Rush 28) 112
2 Harrogate Town (Bailey Hobson 13) 85
3 Southend United (Leon Chambers-Parillon 20) 80
4 Carlisle United (Harvey Bunker 13) 77
5 Barrow (Innes Cameron 15) 76
6 AFC Fylde (Luca Thomas 15) 75
7 Yeovil Town (Johl Powell 20) 75
8 Altrincham (Jimmy Knowles 12) 75
9 Worthing (Razzaq De Graft 18) 71
10 FC Halifax Town (Ben Tollitt 14) 68
11 Sutton United (Temi Babalola 8) 67
12 Forest Green Rovers (Kyle McAllister 13) 65
13 Hartlepool United (William Harris 16) 64
14 Woking (John Marquis 20) 62
15 Aldershot Town (Tristan Abrahams 14) 61
16 Kidderminster Harriers (Lewis Walker 17) 59
17 Hornchurch (Dominic Poleon 9) 57
18 Eastleigh (Aaron Blair 19) 56
19 Tamworth (Kieren Donnelly 19) 55
20 Wealdstone (Olufela Olomola 14) 54
21 Boston United (Tom Cursons 17) 53
22 Scunthorpe United (Alfie Beestin 8) 46
23 Solihull Moors (Jacob Wakeling 11) 45
24 Gateshead (Jordy Hiwula 7) 25