Championship

Championship | Gameweek 37

Mar 17, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
2 - 1
Reading

Jutkiewicz (4'), Dean (72')
Colin (22'), Gardner (28')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Meite (35')

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The Match

Match Report

The Blues battled to victory against promotion-chasing Reading.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 50.67%. A draw had a probability of 26.3% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 23.06%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.06%) and 1-2 (9.15%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.31%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 1-0 (8.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Reading
23.06%	26.27%	50.67%

Both teams to score 46.21%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.91%

57.08%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.04%

77.96%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.72%

40.28%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.09%

76.91%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.38%

22.62%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.76%

56.24%

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 23.06%

Reading 50.66%

Draw 26.26%

Birmingham City	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 8.28% 2-1 @ 5.6% 2-0 @ 3.77% 3-1 @ 1.7% 3-2 @ 1.26% 3-0 @ 1.14% Other @ 1.31% Total : 23.06%	1-1 @ 12.31% 0-0 @ 9.11% 2-2 @ 4.16% Other @ 0.68% Total : 26.26%	0-1 @ 13.54% 0-2 @ 10.06% 1-2 @ 9.15% 0-3 @ 4.99% 1-3 @ 4.54% 2-3 @ 2.06% 0-4 @ 1.85% 1-4 @ 1.69% Other @ 2.79% Total : 50.66%

How you voted: Birmingham vs Reading

Birmingham City

21.4%

Draw

14.3%

Reading

64.3%