

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 Bristol Rovers win with a probability of 46.07%. A win for Reading had a probability of 29.14% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bristol Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.29%) and 2-0 (7.67%). The likeliest Reading win was 0-1 (7.38%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.71%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood.
| Result | ||
| Bristol Rovers | Draw | Reading |
| 46.07% ( | 24.79% ( | 29.14% ( |
| Both teams to score 55.84% ( |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
| 52.99% ( | 47.01% ( |
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 |
| 30.74% ( | 69.25% ( |
| Bristol Rovers Goals |
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 |
| 79.53% ( | 20.47% ( |
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 47.06% ( | 52.94% ( |
| Reading Goals |
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 |
| 70.21% ( | 29.79% ( |
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 34.14% ( | 65.86% ( |
| Score Analysis |
| Bristol Rovers | Draw | Reading |
| 1-0 @ 9.67% ( 2-1 @ 9.29% ( 2-0 @ 7.67% ( 3-1 @ 4.91% ( 3-0 @ 4.06% ( 3-2 @ 2.98% ( 4-1 @ 1.95% ( 4-0 @ 1.61% ( 4-2 @ 1.18% ( Other @ 2.75% Total : 46.07% | 1-1 @ 11.71% 0-0 @ 6.1% ( 2-2 @ 5.63% ( 3-3 @ 1.2% ( Other @ 0.16% Total : 24.79% | 0-1 @ 7.38% ( 1-2 @ 7.09% ( 0-2 @ 4.47% ( 1-3 @ 2.86% ( 2-3 @ 2.27% ( 0-3 @ 1.81% ( Other @ 3.25% Total : 29.14% |
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Portsmouth | 46 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 78 | 41 | 37 | 97 |
| P | Derby CountyDerby | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 78 | 37 | 41 | 92 |
| 3 | Bolton WanderersBolton | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 86 | 51 | 35 | 87 |
| 4 | Peterborough UnitedPeterborough | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 89 | 61 | 28 | 84 |
| 5 | Oxford UnitedOxford Utd | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 79 | 56 | 23 | 77 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 82 | 64 | 18 | 76 |
| 7 | Lincoln CityLincoln | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 74 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 48 | 17 | 73 |
| 9 | Stevenage | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 71 |
| 10 | Wycombe WanderersWycombe | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 65 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 65 |
| 12 | Wigan AthleticWigan | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 62 |
| 13 | Exeter CityExeter | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 61 | -15 | 61 |
| 14 | Northampton TownNorthampton | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 66 | -9 | 60 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 68 | -16 | 57 |
| 16 | Charlton AthleticCharlton | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 64 | 65 | -1 | 53 |
| 17 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 68 | 70 | -2 | 53 |
| 18 | Cambridge UnitedCambridge | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 61 | -22 | 48 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 67 | -32 | 48 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 67 | -28 | 46 |
| R | Cheltenham TownCheltenham | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 44 |
| R | Fleetwood TownFleetwood | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 49 | 72 | -23 | 43 |
| R | Port Vale | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 74 | -33 | 41 |
| R | Carlisle UnitedCarlisle | 46 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 41 | 81 | -40 | 30 |
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