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 47.22%. A win for Reading Under-23s had a probability of 32.19% and a draw had a probability of 20.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Newcastle United Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (5.84%) and 3-2 (5.16%). The likeliest Reading Under-23s win was 1-2 (6.66%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (7.54%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood.