Reading have been significantly better on home soil compared to on their travels this campaign and will be hoping to continue that with success over Blackpool on Saturday.
The Seasiders have been one of the league's worst travellers to date and will not be favourites for three points - although we believe they will be good enough for a share of the spoils.
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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 Reading win with a probability of 41.77%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 30.79% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.5%) and 2-0 (7.83%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (9.86%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.94%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.
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