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 Cardiff City win with a probability of 39.62%. A win for Reading had a probability of 31.83% and a draw had a probability of 28.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.02%) and 2-0 (7.62%). The likeliest Reading win was 0-1 (10.96%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.25%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 11% likelihood.
