Championship

Championship | Gameweek 24

Feb 10, 2021 at 7pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
1 - 3
Brentford

Joao (24' pen.)
Richards (74')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Dasilva (36', 86'), Toney (88')

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The Match

Match Report

The Bees last lost a league game in late October.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Reading and Brentford, 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 Brentford win with a probability of 52.94%. A draw had a probability of 25.1% and a win for Reading had a probability of 21.94%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.21%) and 1-2 (9.46%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.88%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (7.47%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Brentford would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Brentford
21.94%	25.12%	52.94%

Both teams to score 48.1%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.07%

53.93%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.62%

75.38%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.4%

39.6%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.71%

76.28%

Brentford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.64%

20.36%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.23%

52.77%

Score Analysis

Reading 21.94%

Brentford 52.94%

Draw 25.11%

Reading	Draw	Brentford
1-0 @ 7.47% 2-1 @ 5.51% 2-0 @ 3.46% 3-1 @ 1.7% 3-2 @ 1.35% 3-0 @ 1.07% Other @ 1.38% Total : 21.94%	1-1 @ 11.88% 0-0 @ 8.06% 2-2 @ 4.38% Other @ 0.79% Total : 25.11%	0-1 @ 12.83% 0-2 @ 10.21% 1-2 @ 9.46% 0-3 @ 5.42% 1-3 @ 5.02% 2-3 @ 2.32% 0-4 @ 2.16% 1-4 @ 2% 2-4 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.6% Total : 52.94%

How you voted: Reading vs Brentford

Reading

30.3%

Draw

26.1%

Brentford

43.7%