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 43.4%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 31.65% and a draw had a probability of 25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.05%) and 2-0 (7.08%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (7.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.75%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 2.1% likelihood.