Championship

Championship | Gameweek 25

Jan 19, 2021 at 6pm UK

Madejski Stadium

Reading
3 - 0
Coventry

Joao (16'), Rinomhota (46'), Swift (72')
Holmes (29'), Joao (87'), Morrison (90')

FT(HT: 1-0)

McFadzean (60'), Skiri Oestigaard (80')
McFadzean (71')

Veljko Paunovic happy to see Reading get "payback" against Coventry

The Sky Blues had beaten the Royals earlier in the season to end their eight-match unbeaten start.

Jan 19, 21:56

The Match

Match Report

Lucas Joao, Andy Rinomhota and John Swift scored for the Royals as City had Kyle McFadzean dismissed.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Reading and Coventry City, including predictions, team news and possible 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 Reading win with a probability of 40.74%. A win for Coventry City had a probability of 30.55% and a draw had a probability of 28.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.06%) and 2-0 (7.97%). The likeliest Coventry City win was 0-1 (10.9%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.25%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Coventry City
40.74%	28.71%	30.55%

Both teams to score 44.79%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.48%

61.51%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.62%

81.38%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.36%

29.64%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.32%

65.68%

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.66%

36.34%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.87%

73.13%

Score Analysis

Reading 40.73%

Coventry City 30.55%

Draw 28.7%

Reading	Draw	Coventry City
1-0 @ 13.09% 2-1 @ 8.06% 2-0 @ 7.97% 3-1 @ 3.27% 3-0 @ 3.23% 3-2 @ 1.65% 4-1 @ 0.99% 4-0 @ 0.98% Other @ 1.48% Total : 40.73%	1-1 @ 13.25% 0-0 @ 10.77% 2-2 @ 4.08% Other @ 0.6% Total : 28.7%	0-1 @ 10.9% 1-2 @ 6.71% 0-2 @ 5.52% 1-3 @ 2.26% 0-3 @ 1.86% 2-3 @ 1.38% Other @ 1.92% Total : 30.55%