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League One | Gameweek 33
Feb 22, 2025 at 12.30pm UK
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Reading
0 - 0
Birmingham


Savage (45+3')
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Seung-ho (23')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's League One clash between Reading and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Reading 2-1 Rotherham
Saturday, February 15 at 3pm in League One
Last Game: Birmingham 2-1 Bradford
Tuesday, February 18 at 8.10pm in EFL Trophy

We said: Reading 1-1 Birmingham City

After the ecstasy of booking a spot at Wembley on Tuesday night, there could be a lull for Birmingham in Berkshire on Saturday afternoon. Reading are mightily impressive on home soil and will fancy their chances of securing a respectable point against Blues from this one. Read more.

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 Birmingham City win with a probability of 56.88%. A draw had a probability of 23.3% and a win for Reading had a probability of 19.85%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.39%) and 1-2 (9.8%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.06%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (6.25%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.

Result
ReadingDrawBirmingham City
19.85% (-0.010999999999999 -0.01) 23.27% (-0.0079999999999991 -0.01) 56.88% (0.019000000000005 0.02)
Both teams to score 50.66% (0.0019999999999953 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
50.98% (0.012999999999998 0.01)49.02% (-0.012999999999998 -0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
28.9% (0.010999999999999 0.01)71.1% (-0.010999999999996 -0.01)
Reading Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.04% (-0.0050000000000026 -0.01)38.96% (0.0040000000000049 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.32% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)75.68% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Birmingham City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
82.99% (0.010999999999996 0.01)17.01% (-0.010999999999999 -0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
52.86% (0.019999999999996 0.02)47.14% (-0.019999999999996 -0.02)
Score Analysis
    Reading 19.85%
    Birmingham City 56.87%
    Draw 23.26%
ReadingDrawBirmingham City
1-0 @ 6.25% (-0.0039999999999996 -0)
2-1 @ 5.22% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
2-0 @ 2.95% (-0.0020000000000002 -0)
3-1 @ 1.64% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
3-2 @ 1.45%
3-0 @ 0.93% (-0.001 -0)
Other @ 1.42%
Total : 19.85%
1-1 @ 11.06% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-0 @ 6.63% (-0.0040000000000004 -0)
2-2 @ 4.62%
Other @ 0.95%
Total : 23.26%
0-1 @ 11.73% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-2 @ 10.39%
1-2 @ 9.8% (0.00099999999999945 0)
0-3 @ 6.14% (0.0039999999999996 0)
1-3 @ 5.79% (0.0019999999999998 0)
2-3 @ 2.73% (0.0010000000000003 0)
0-4 @ 2.72% (0.0030000000000001 0)
1-4 @ 2.56% (0.0019999999999998 0)
2-4 @ 1.21% (0.00099999999999989 0)
0-5 @ 0.96% (0.001 0)
1-5 @ 0.91% (0.001 0)
Other @ 1.94%
Total : 56.87%

How you voted: Reading vs Birmingham

Reading
33.3%
Draw
20.0%
Birmingham City
46.7%
15
Head to Head
Aug 10, 2024 5.30pm
Gameweek 1
Birmingham
1-1
Reading
May (87' pen.)
Ehibhaimha (42')
Wing (23')
Apr 7, 2023 3pm
Dec 16, 2022 8pm
Gameweek 23
Birmingham
3-2
Reading
Deeney (2', 23' pen.), Chong (36')
Joao (82'), Ince (90+4')
Feb 22, 2022 8pm
Gameweek 34
Reading
2-1
Birmingham
Joao (67'), Swift (73' pen.)
McIntyre (82' og.)
Pedersen (31'), Bela (51'), Hernandez (72')
Nov 6, 2021 3.30pm
Gameweek 17
Birmingham
1-2
Reading
Hogan (3')
Bela (30'), Dean (34'), Oakley (38'), McGree (55')
Clarke (70', 82')
Holmes (76')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CBirmingham CityBirmingham463493843153111
3Stockport CountyStockport462512972423087
4Charlton AthleticCharlton4625101167432485
5Wycombe WanderersWycombe4624121070452584
6Leyton Orient462461672482478
7Reading4621121368571175
8Bolton WanderersBolton46208186770-368
9Blackpool4617161372601267
10Huddersfield TownHuddersfield46197205855364
11Lincoln CityLincoln461613176456861
12Barnsley461710196973-461
13Rotherham UnitedRotherham461611195459-559
14Stevenage461512194250-857
15Wigan AthleticWigan461317164042-256
16Exeter CityExeter461511204965-1656
17Mansfield TownMansfield46159226073-1354
18Peterborough UnitedPeterborough461312216881-1351
19Northampton TownNorthampton461215194866-1851
20Burton Albion461114214966-1747
RCrawley TownCrawley461210245783-2646
RBristol Rovers46127274476-3243
RCambridge UnitedCambridge46911264573-2838
RShrewsbury TownShrewsbury4689294179-3833


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