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 Under-23s win with a probability of 50.08%. A win for Reading Under-23s had a probability of 27.03% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.11%) and 2-0 (7.41%). The likeliest Reading Under-23s win was 1-2 (6.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.44%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.6% likelihood.