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 Under-21s win with a probability of 41.29%. A win for Nottingham Forest Under-21s had a probability of 36.77% and a draw had a probability of 21.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading Under-21s win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (5.12%) and 3-1 (5.07%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest Under-21s win was 1-2 (7.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (8.9%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading Under-21s would win this match.

Result
Reading Under-21s	Draw	Nottingham Forest Under-21s
41.29%	21.95%	36.77%

Both teams to score 69.44%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

69.5%

30.5%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

48.21%

51.8%

Reading Under-21s Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.27%

15.74%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.17%

44.83%

Nottingham Forest Under-21s Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.41%

17.59%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.84%

48.16%

Score Analysis

Reading Under-21s 41.29%

Nottingham Forest Under-21s 36.77%

Draw 21.95%

Reading Under-21s	Draw	Nottingham Forest Under-21s
2-1 @ 8.23% 1-0 @ 5.12% 3-1 @ 5.07% 2-0 @ 4.73% 3-2 @ 4.41% 3-0 @ 2.92% 4-1 @ 2.34% 4-2 @ 2.04% 4-0 @ 1.35% 4-3 @ 1.18% Other @ 3.91% Total : 41.29%	1-1 @ 8.9% 2-2 @ 7.15% 0-0 @ 2.77% 3-3 @ 2.55% Other @ 0.59% Total : 21.95%	1-2 @ 7.73% 0-1 @ 4.81% 1-3 @ 4.48% 0-2 @ 4.18% 2-3 @ 4.14% 0-3 @ 2.42% 1-4 @ 1.95% 2-4 @ 1.8% 3-4 @ 1.11% 0-4 @ 1.05% Other @ 3.11% Total : 36.77%