Preston North End 2-3 Reading - Championship - February 19, 2022 - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings - Football

Feb 19, 2022 at 3pm UK at Deepdale

Preston

2 - 3

Reading

Johnson (57'), Archer (74')
van den Berg (90+5')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Joao (2', 19'), Swift (55')

The Match

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Preston North End 2-0 Reading

Chaos off the pitch at Reading has translated to a horrific run of form on it and we expect them to lose at Deepdale. Preston are growing in confidence under Ryan Lowe and have become very tough to beat, so it seems unlikely that they will come undone against one of the division's worst sides. 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 Preston North End win with a probability of 52.37%. A draw had a probability of 26.1% and a win for Reading had a probability of 21.51%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.63%) and 2-1 (9.15%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.16%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (8.09%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Reading
52.37%	26.12%	21.51%

Both teams to score 44.87%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.08%

57.91%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.38%

78.62%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.77%

22.22%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.35%

55.65%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.68%

42.31%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.29%

78.71%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 52.36%

Reading 21.51%

Draw 26.11%

Preston North End	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 14.14% 2-0 @ 10.63% 2-1 @ 9.15% 3-0 @ 5.33% 3-1 @ 4.59% 4-0 @ 2.01% 3-2 @ 1.97% 4-1 @ 1.72% Other @ 2.83% Total : 52.36%	1-1 @ 12.16% 0-0 @ 9.4% 2-2 @ 3.93% Other @ 0.61% Total : 26.11%	0-1 @ 8.09% 1-2 @ 5.23% 0-2 @ 3.48% 1-3 @ 1.5% 2-3 @ 1.13% 0-3 @ 1% Other @ 1.09% Total : 21.51%

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Championship Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
P	Burnley	39	25	12	2	76	30	46	87
2	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	39	23	7	9	60	33	27	76
3	Luton Town Luton	41	19	14	8	51	36	15	71
4	Middlesbrough	41	20	8	13	74	50	24	68
5	Millwall	41	17	11	13	48	41	7	62
6	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	40	19	5	16	45	47	-2	62
7	Preston North End Preston	41	17	11	13	41	45	-4	62
8	Norwich City Norwich	41	17	10	14	54	42	12	61
9	Coventry City Coventry	41	15	14	12	49	43	6	59
10	Sunderland	41	15	13	13	58	50	8	58
11	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	40	15	12	13	50	44	6	57
12	Watford	41	14	14	13	49	47	2	56
13	Bristol City	41	13	14	14	50	50	0	53
14	Swansea City Swansea	41	14	11	16	56	59	-3	53
15	Stoke City Stoke	41	14	10	17	53	47	6	52
16	Hull City	41	13	13	15	48	57	-9	52
17	Birmingham City Birmingham	41	13	11	17	44	51	-7	50
18	Rotherham United Rotherham	40	10	15	15	44	52	-8	45
19	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	41	11	10	20	41	59	-18	43
20	Queens Park Rangers QPR	41	11	10	20	40	64	-24	43
21	Cardiff City Cardiff	40	11	9	20	33	46	-13	42
22	Reading	41	13	8	20	43	62	-19	41
23	Blackpool	41	8	11	22	43	67	-24	35
24	Wigan Athletic Wigan	41	8	13	20	34	62	-28	34