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 39.69%. A win for Reading had a probability of 34.17% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.55%) and 0-2 (6.8%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (9.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.42%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 5.7% likelihood.
