Championship

Championship | Gameweek 17

Dec 9, 2020 at 7.45pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
1 - 2
Birmingham

Meite (61')
Meite (90+3')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Toral (29', 37')
Hogan (39'), Dean (67'), Etheridge (80'), Leko (88')
Dean (70')

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The Match

Match Report

Lucas Joao missed a penalty for the Royals to make it 2-2.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Reading and Birmingham City, 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 40.76%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 30.08% and a draw had a probability of 29.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.09%) and 2-1 (7.93%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 0-1 (11.18%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.31%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Birmingham City
40.76%	29.16%	30.08%

Both teams to score 43.46%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

36.92%

63.08%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.48%

82.52%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.6%

30.4%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.4%

66.6%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.44%

37.56%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.66%

74.34%

Score Analysis

Reading 40.76%

Birmingham City 30.08%

Draw 29.14%

Reading	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 13.59% 2-0 @ 8.09% 2-1 @ 7.93% 3-0 @ 3.21% 3-1 @ 3.15% 3-2 @ 1.54% 4-0 @ 0.96% 4-1 @ 0.94% Other @ 1.36% Total : 40.76%	1-1 @ 13.31% 0-0 @ 11.41% 2-2 @ 3.88% Other @ 0.54% Total : 29.14%	0-1 @ 11.18% 1-2 @ 6.52% 0-2 @ 5.48% 1-3 @ 2.13% 0-3 @ 1.79% 2-3 @ 1.27% Other @ 1.72% Total : 30.08%

How you voted: Reading vs Birmingham

Reading

67.4%

Draw

21.9%

Birmingham City

10.7%