We said: Reading 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
With West Brom now under temporary management, anything can happen given the quality within their squad. However, we cannot back against Reading on home turf, leading us to predict a relatively comfortable win for the Royals which may be made to look closer by a late consolation goal.
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 West Bromwich Albion win with a probability of 54.22%. A draw had a probability of 25.1% and a win for Reading had a probability of 20.69%.
The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.72%) and 1-2 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.81%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (7.41%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that West Bromwich Albion would win this match.