Championship

Championship | Gameweek 4

Aug 17, 2022 at 8pm UK

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Reading
3 - 0
Blackburn

McIntyre (14'), Hoilett (61'), Joao (78')
Fornah (53'), Holmes (55'), Guinness-Walker (63'), Lumley (87'), N'Diaye (90+6')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Pickering (12'), Ayala (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Reading and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Reading

Last Six:

Last Game: Rotherham 4-0 Reading
Saturday, August 13 at 3pm in Championship

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
19	Stoke City	3	-2	3
20	Reading	3	-4	3
21	Middlesbrough	3	-1	2

Blackburn Rovers

Last Six:

Last Game: Blackburn 2-1 West Brom
Sunday, August 14 at 3pm in Championship

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Blackburn Rovers	3	5	9
2	Hull City	4	2	8
3	Watford	4	2	8

We said: Reading 1-3 Blackburn Rovers

We can envisage the visitors running riot given their higher confidence levels and superior results of late. Diaz and Gallagher are in great goalscoring form at present and, with Joao still out injured, Reading lack a reliable source of goals while appearing to be leaky in defence. 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 Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 48.71%. A draw had a probability of 27.1% and a win for Reading had a probability of 24.21%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.79%) and 1-2 (8.9%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.6%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (8.92%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
24.21% ( 0.03)	27.09% ( 0.02)	48.71% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 45.14% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.94% (

-0.05)

59.06% (

0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.48% (

-0.04)

79.52% (

0.04)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.68% (

-0)

40.32% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.06% (

-0)

76.94% (

-0)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.63% (

-0.05)

24.37% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.23% (

-0.07)

58.77% (

0.07)

Score Analysis

Reading 24.21%

Blackburn Rovers 48.71%

Draw 27.09%

Reading	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 8.92% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 5.72% ( 0) 2-0 @ 4.05% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 1.73% ( 0) 3-0 @ 1.23% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.22% ( -0) Other @ 1.32% Total : 24.21%	1-1 @ 12.6% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 9.82% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.04% ( -0) Other @ 0.62% Total : 27.09%	0-1 @ 13.87% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 9.79% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 8.9% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 4.61% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 4.19% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 1.9% ( -0) 0-4 @ 1.63% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.48% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.35% Total : 48.71%