

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 Lincoln City win with a probability of 48.77%. A win for Reading had a probability of 27.14% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lincoln City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.49%) and 2-0 (7.97%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-2 (6.76%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Lincoln City in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Lincoln City.
| Result | ||
| Lincoln City | Draw | Reading | 
| 48.77% (  1.17) | 24.09% (  0.15) | 27.14% (  -1.32) | 
| Both teams to score 56.72% (  -1.53) | 
| Goals | 
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 | 
| 54.82% (  -1.56) | 45.18% (  1.56) | 
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 | 
| 32.47% (  -1.51) | 67.53% (  1.51) | 
| Lincoln City Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 81.38% (  -0.14) | 18.62% (  0.14) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 50.08% (  -0.23) | 49.92% (  0.24) | 
| Reading Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 69.7% (  -1.76) | 30.31% (  1.77) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 33.52% (  -2.16) | 66.49% (  2.16) | 
| Score Analysis | 
| Lincoln City | Draw | Reading | 
| 2-1 @ 9.52% (  0.09) 1-0 @ 9.49% (  0.58) 2-0 @ 7.97% (  0.45) 3-1 @ 5.33% (  0.03) 3-0 @ 4.47% (  0.24) 3-2 @ 3.18% (  -0.14) 4-1 @ 2.24% (  0) 4-0 @ 1.88% (  0.09) 4-2 @ 1.34% (  -0.07) Other @ 3.36% Total : 48.77% | 1-1 @ 11.32% (  0.16) 2-2 @ 5.68% (  -0.23) 0-0 @ 5.64% (  0.37) 3-3 @ 1.27% (  -0.12) Other @ 0.17% Total : 24.08% | 1-2 @ 6.76% (  -0.24) 0-1 @ 6.74% (  0.12) 0-2 @ 4.02% (  -0.13) 1-3 @ 2.69% (  -0.24) 2-3 @ 2.26% (  -0.21) 0-3 @ 1.6% (  -0.13) Other @ 3.07% Total : 27.14% | 

| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Birmingham CityBirmingham | 46 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 84 | 31 | 53 | 111 | 
| P | Wrexham | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 34 | 33 | 92 | 
| 3 | Stockport CountyStockport | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 42 | 30 | 87 | 
| 4 | Charlton AthleticCharlton | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 85 | 
| 5 | Wycombe WanderersWycombe | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 45 | 25 | 84 | 
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 48 | 24 | 78 | 
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 75 | 
| 8 | Bolton WanderersBolton | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 70 | -3 | 68 | 
| 9 | Blackpool | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 72 | 60 | 12 | 67 | 
| 10 | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 64 | 
| 11 | Lincoln CityLincoln | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 64 | 56 | 8 | 61 | 
| 12 | Barnsley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 73 | -4 | 61 | 
| 13 | Rotherham UnitedRotherham | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 59 | -5 | 59 | 
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 57 | 
| 15 | Wigan AthleticWigan | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 56 | 
| 16 | Exeter CityExeter | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 65 | -16 | 56 | 
| 17 | Mansfield TownMansfield | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 73 | -13 | 54 | 
| 18 | Peterborough UnitedPeterborough | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 68 | 81 | -13 | 51 | 
| 19 | Northampton TownNorthampton | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 66 | -18 | 51 | 
| 20 | Burton Albion | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 66 | -17 | 47 | 
| R | Crawley TownCrawley | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 57 | 83 | -26 | 46 | 
| R | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 44 | 76 | -32 | 43 | 
| R | Cambridge UnitedCambridge | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 73 | -28 | 38 | 
| R | Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury | 46 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 79 | -38 | 33 | 
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