Championship

Championship | Gameweek 9

Sep 25, 2021 at 12.30pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
1 - 0
Middlesbrough

Halilovic (55')
Tetek (49'), Southwood (79'), Rahman (81')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Jones (43'), Peltier (61'), McNair (90+2')
Crooks (86')

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The Match

Match Report

Boro's frantic search for a late equaliser was not helped when forward Matt Crooks was sent off in the 86th minute.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Reading and Middlesbrough, 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 41.92%. A win for Reading had a probability of 30.95% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.59%) and 0-2 (7.75%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (9.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.84%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Middlesbrough
30.95%	27.13%	41.92%

Both teams to score 49.43%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.25%

55.75%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.11%

76.88%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.01%

32.98%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.43%

69.56%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.75%

26.24%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.65%

61.35%

Score Analysis

Reading 30.95%

Middlesbrough 41.91%

Draw 27.12%

Reading	Draw	Middlesbrough
1-0 @ 9.6% 2-1 @ 7.12% 2-0 @ 5.32% 3-1 @ 2.63% 3-0 @ 1.97% 3-2 @ 1.76% Other @ 2.54% Total : 30.95%	1-1 @ 12.84% 0-0 @ 8.66% 2-2 @ 4.77% Other @ 0.86% Total : 27.12%	0-1 @ 11.57% 1-2 @ 8.59% 0-2 @ 7.75% 1-3 @ 3.83% 0-3 @ 3.45% 2-3 @ 2.13% 1-4 @ 1.28% 0-4 @ 1.16% Other @ 2.16% Total : 41.91%

How you voted: Reading vs Middlesbrough

Reading

72.7%

Draw

13.6%

Middlesbrough