Championship

Championship | Gameweek 44

Apr 25, 2021 at 12pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
2 - 2
Swansea

Meite (31'), Lago Pontes Esteves (90+2')
Holmes (19')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Lowe (67'), Ayew (83')
Guehi (17'), Fulton (69')

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The Match

Match Report

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Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship clash between Reading and Swansea 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 Swansea City win with a probability of 38.1%. A win for Reading had a probability of 33.45% and a draw had a probability of 28.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Swansea City win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.88%) and 0-2 (7.2%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (11.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.3% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Swansea City
33.45%	28.45%	38.1%

Both teams to score 46.27%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

39.95%

60.05%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.73%

80.27%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.54%

33.46%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.91%

70.09%

Swansea City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.53%

30.47%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.32%

66.68%

Score Analysis

Reading 33.45%

Swansea City 38.09%

Draw 28.44%

Reading	Draw	Swansea City
1-0 @ 11.16% 2-1 @ 7.26% 2-0 @ 6.11% 3-1 @ 2.65% 3-0 @ 2.23% 3-2 @ 1.58% Other @ 2.47% Total : 33.45%	1-1 @ 13.26% 0-0 @ 10.19% 2-2 @ 4.32% Other @ 0.68% Total : 28.44%	0-1 @ 12.11% 1-2 @ 7.88% 0-2 @ 7.2% 1-3 @ 3.12% 0-3 @ 2.85% 2-3 @ 1.71% 1-4 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.28% Total : 38.09%

How you voted: Reading vs Swansea

Reading

38.2%

Draw

32.7%

Swansea City

29.1%