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 40.23%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 30.67% and a draw had a probability of 29.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.37%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.93%) and 2-1 (7.9%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (11.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Nottingham Forest
40.23%	29.09%	30.67%

Both teams to score 43.82%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

37.26%

62.73%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.72%

82.27%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.46%

30.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.24%

66.76%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.08%

36.92%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.3%

73.7%

Score Analysis

Reading 40.23%

Nottingham Forest 30.67%

Draw 29.09%

Reading	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 13.37% 2-0 @ 7.93% 2-1 @ 7.9% 3-0 @ 3.14% 3-1 @ 3.13% 3-2 @ 1.56% 4-0 @ 0.93% 4-1 @ 0.93% Other @ 1.35% Total : 40.23%	1-1 @ 13.32% 0-0 @ 11.27% 2-2 @ 3.94% Other @ 0.56% Total : 29.09%	0-1 @ 11.23% 1-2 @ 6.64% 0-2 @ 5.6% 1-3 @ 2.21% 0-3 @ 1.86% 2-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 1.83% Total : 30.67%