Although Middlesbrough are winless this season, they have only lost one of their four league games, but we think that their wait for a win will continue past the weekend.
We believe that a Reading side that have won both home league games this season may fall short in their quest for victory, however, we expect the Royals to still take a point from Saturday's encounter.
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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 Middlesbrough win with a probability of 51.94%. A draw had a probability of 24.7% and a win for Reading had a probability of 23.34%.
The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.57%) and 0-2 (9.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.75%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (7.22%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood.
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