Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Nov 4, 2022 at 8pm UK

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Reading
1 - 2
Preston

Joao (71' pen.)

FT(HT: 0-0)

Evans (51', 79')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Reading and Preston North End, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Reading

All competitions

Last Game: Luton 0-0 Reading
Tuesday, November 1 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 1-0 Swansea
Tuesday, November 1 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

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 Preston North End win with a probability of 37.81%. A win for Reading had a probability of 33.97% and a draw had a probability of 28.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.91%) and 0-2 (7.07%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (11.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.21%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Preston North End would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Preston North End
33.97% ( 0.01)	28.21% ( 0)	37.81% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 47.03% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.87% (

-0.01)

59.13% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.43% (

-0.01)

79.57% (

0.01)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.37% (

-0)

32.63% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.82% (

-0)

69.17% (

0.01)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.81% (

-0.01)

30.18% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.66% (

-0.01)

66.34% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Reading 33.97%

Preston North End 37.8%

Draw 28.21%

Reading	Draw	Preston North End
1-0 @ 11.03% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 7.4% 2-0 @ 6.18% ( 0) 3-1 @ 2.76% 3-0 @ 2.31% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.65% ( -0) Other @ 2.65% Total : 33.97%	1-1 @ 13.21% 0-0 @ 9.85% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 4.43% ( -0) Other @ 0.72% Total : 28.21%	0-1 @ 11.79% 1-2 @ 7.91% ( -0) 0-2 @ 7.07% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.16% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.82% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.77% ( -0) 1-4 @ 0.95% ( -0) Other @ 2.34% Total : 37.8%