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 Bristol City win with a probability of 38.52%. A win for Reading had a probability of 33.74% and a draw had a probability of 27.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bristol City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.11%) and 0-2 (7.1%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (10.54%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.08%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 2.8% likelihood.