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 Newcastle United Under-23s win with a probability of 54.4%. A win for Reading Under-23s had a probability of 25.6% and a draw had a probability of 20%.
The most likely scoreline for a Newcastle United Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (6.68%) and 2-0 (5.78%). The likeliest Reading Under-23s win was 1-2 (5.94%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (7.78%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.9% likelihood.