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 Barnsley win with a probability of 37.53%. A win for Reading had a probability of 35.24% and a draw had a probability of 27.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.11%) and 0-2 (6.71%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (10.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.91%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood.