Championship

Championship | Gameweek 8

Oct 27, 2020 at 7.45pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
2 - 4
Reading

Armstrong (3', 66')
Holtby (5'), Trybull (20')

FT(HT: 1-3)

Meite (1'), Olise (15'), Laurent (18'), Joao (83')
Cabral (76'), Joao (79')

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The Match

Match Report

The unbeaten Royals have won seven of their eight matches.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship fixture between Blackburn Rovers and Reading, including predictions, team news and 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 Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 47.15%. A win for Reading had a probability of 27% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.21%) and 2-0 (8.62%). The likeliest Reading win was 0-1 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 0.5% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Reading
47.15%	25.84%	27%

Both teams to score 51.01%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.38%

52.62%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.73%

74.27%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.69%

22.31%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.22%

55.78%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.66%

34.34%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.96%

71.04%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 47.15%

Reading 27%

Draw 25.84%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 11.49% 2-1 @ 9.21% 2-0 @ 8.62% 3-1 @ 4.61% 3-0 @ 4.31% 3-2 @ 2.46% 4-1 @ 1.73% 4-0 @ 1.62% 4-2 @ 0.92% Other @ 2.18% Total : 47.15%	1-1 @ 12.28% 0-0 @ 7.66% 2-2 @ 4.93% Other @ 0.97% Total : 25.84%	0-1 @ 8.19% 1-2 @ 6.57% 0-2 @ 4.38% 1-3 @ 2.34% 2-3 @ 1.76% 0-3 @ 1.56% Other @ 2.22% Total : 27%