Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 15, 2022 at 3pm UK

Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough
2 - 1
Reading

Crooks (84', 90+5')
Tavernier (74')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Carroll (68')
Briston (12'), Hoilett (36'), Drinkwater (65')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough win with a probability of 58.58%. A draw had a probability of 24% and a win for Reading had a probability of 17.44%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.9%) and 2-1 (9.44%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.22%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (6.67%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Middlesbrough would win this match.

Result
Middlesbrough	Draw	Reading
58.58%	23.98%	17.44%

Both teams to score 44.57%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.99%

55%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.72%

76.27%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.41%

18.59%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.14%

49.86%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

54.75%

45.25%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

18.87%

81.13%

Score Analysis

Middlesbrough 58.57%

Reading 17.44%

Draw 23.98%

Middlesbrough	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 14.15% 2-0 @ 11.9% 2-1 @ 9.44% 3-0 @ 6.68% 3-1 @ 5.3% 4-0 @ 2.81% 4-1 @ 2.23% 3-2 @ 2.1% 5-0 @ 0.95% Other @ 3.02% Total : 58.57%	1-1 @ 11.22% 0-0 @ 8.41% 2-2 @ 3.74% Other @ 0.6% Total : 23.98%	0-1 @ 6.67% 1-2 @ 4.45% 0-2 @ 2.64% 1-3 @ 1.18% 2-3 @ 0.99% Other @ 1.51% Total : 17.44%

How you voted: Middlesbrough vs Reading

Middlesbrough

80.6%

Draw

13.9%

Reading

5.6%