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 win with a probability of 50.77%. A win for Shrewsbury Town had a probability of 25.34% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.65%) and 2-0 (8.47%). The likeliest Shrewsbury Town win was 0-1 (6.59%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.27%).