With both teams fighting to get back to winning ways, we expect a competitive encounter on Saturday and cannot quite pick a winner, instead backing Reading to take a point from a Huddersfield side who are not yet at their best under Michael Duff.
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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 39.62%. A win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 34.82% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.61%) and 2-0 (6.53%). The likeliest Huddersfield Town win was 0-1 (8.51%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.1%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.
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