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 40.47%. A win for Reading Under-23s had a probability of 37.39% and a draw had a probability of 22.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough Under-23s win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (5.26%) and 1-3 (4.95%). The likeliest Reading Under-23s win was 2-1 (7.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.1%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood.