Championship

Championship | Gameweek 16

Dec 5, 2020 at 12.30pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
2 - 0
Nott'm Forest

Joao (16' pen.), Morrison (53')
Richards (83')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Cafu (90+1')
Yates (15')

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The Match

Match Report

Lucas Joao and Michael Morrison scored the goals as the Royals saw off 10-man Forest in front of 2,000 fans at the Madejski.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Reading and Nottingham Forest, 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 40.23%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 30.67% and a draw had a probability of 29.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.37%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.93%) and 2-1 (7.9%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (11.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Nottingham Forest
40.23%	29.09%	30.67%

Both teams to score 43.82%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

37.26%

62.73%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.72%

82.27%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.46%

30.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.24%

66.76%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.08%

36.92%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.3%

73.7%

Score Analysis

Reading 40.23%

Nottingham Forest 30.67%

Draw 29.09%

Reading	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 13.37% 2-0 @ 7.93% 2-1 @ 7.9% 3-0 @ 3.14% 3-1 @ 3.13% 3-2 @ 1.56% 4-0 @ 0.93% 4-1 @ 0.93% Other @ 1.35% Total : 40.23%	1-1 @ 13.32% 0-0 @ 11.27% 2-2 @ 3.94% Other @ 0.56% Total : 29.09%	0-1 @ 11.23% 1-2 @ 6.64% 0-2 @ 5.6% 1-3 @ 2.21% 0-3 @ 1.86% 2-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 1.83% Total : 30.67%

How you voted: Reading vs Nottingham Forest

Reading

68.8%

Draw

19.4%

Nottingham Forest

11.9%