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 Birmingham City Under-23s win with a probability of 61.44%. A win for Reading Under-23s had a probability of 19.48% and a draw had a probability of 19.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.48%) and 3-1 (7.35%). The likeliest Reading Under-23s win was 1-2 (5.08%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (8.06%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood.
