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 45.82%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 28.31% and a draw had a probability of 25.87%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.34%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.03%) and 2-0 (8.16%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (7.73%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.81%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.7% likelihood.