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 Reading Under-23s win with a probability of 43.68%. A win for Sunderland Under-23s had a probability of 33.47% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.53%) and 2-0 (5.79%). The likeliest Sunderland Under-23s win was 1-2 (7.63%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.98%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood.
