Championship

Championship | Gameweek 3

Sep 26, 2020 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 2
Reading

Tomlin (81')
Hoilett (18'), Moore (53')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Morrison (47'), Joao (66')
Olise (90+5')

Veljko Paunovic bemoans injury problems in win over Cardiff City

Lucas Joao, who scored what proved to be the winner against Cardiff, joined the Royals' casualty list with a dislocated shoulder.

Sep 26, 18:55

The Match

Match Report

Veljko Paunovic's reign at the Royals has began with three victories in the Sky Bet Championship.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Reading, including team news and predicted lineups.

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 40.24%. A win for Reading had a probability of 31.46% and a draw had a probability of 28.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.14%) and 2-0 (7.71%). The likeliest Reading win was 0-1 (10.69%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.19%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7% likelihood.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Reading
40.24%	28.3%	31.46%

Both teams to score 46.22%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.12%

59.88%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.86%

80.14%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.87%

29.12%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.95%

65.05%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.22%

34.78%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.49%

71.51%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 40.23%

Reading 31.46%

Draw 28.28%

Cardiff City	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 12.49% 2-1 @ 8.14% 2-0 @ 7.71% 3-1 @ 3.35% 3-0 @ 3.17% 3-2 @ 1.77% 4-1 @ 1.03% 4-0 @ 0.98% Other @ 1.6% Total : 40.23%	1-1 @ 13.19% 0-0 @ 10.12% 2-2 @ 4.3% Other @ 0.68% Total : 28.28%	0-1 @ 10.69% 1-2 @ 6.97% 0-2 @ 5.65% 1-3 @ 2.45% 0-3 @ 1.99% 2-3 @ 1.51% Other @ 2.19% Total : 31.46%