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 Nottingham Forest Under-21s win with a probability of 55.22%. A win for Reading Under-21s had a probability of 22.71% and a draw had a probability of 22.06%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest Under-21s win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.19%) and 2-0 (8.19%). The likeliest Reading Under-21s win was 1-2 (5.52%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.83%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.