Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 7, 2021 at 3pm UK

Bet365 Stadium

Stoke
3 - 2
Reading

Powell (25'), Brown (28'), Surridge (85')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Swift (26'), Moore (61')
Moore (24'), Laurent (90')

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Aug 7, 17:35

The Match

Match Report

Reading are beaten by the odd goal in five.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Stoke City and Reading, 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 Stoke City win with a probability of 42.46%. A draw had a probability of 29.3% and a win for Reading had a probability of 28.19%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.64%) and 2-1 (7.97%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (13.24%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (11.01%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 1.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Stoke City would win this match.

Result
Stoke City	Draw	Reading
42.46%	29.35%	28.19%

Both teams to score 42.14%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

35.71%

64.29%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

16.61%

83.39%

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.96%

30.04%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.83%

66.16%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.24%

39.76%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.57%

76.43%

Score Analysis

Stoke City 42.46%

Reading 28.18%

Draw 29.34%

Stoke City	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 14.36% 2-0 @ 8.64% 2-1 @ 7.97% 3-0 @ 3.46% 3-1 @ 3.19% 3-2 @ 1.47% 4-0 @ 1.04% 4-1 @ 0.96% Other @ 1.36% Total : 42.46%	1-1 @ 13.24% 0-0 @ 11.94% 2-2 @ 3.67% Other @ 0.49% Total : 29.34%	0-1 @ 11.01% 1-2 @ 6.11% 0-2 @ 5.08% 1-3 @ 1.88% 0-3 @ 1.56% 2-3 @ 1.13% Other @ 1.41% Total : 28.18%

How you voted: Stoke vs Reading

Stoke City

52.3%

Draw

33.8%

Reading

13.8%