Reading 0-2 Luton Town - Championship - January 19, 2022 - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings - Football

Jan 19, 2022 at 8pm UK at Madejski Stadium

gameweek 23 | 1st Leg

Reading

0 - 2

Luton

Drinkwater (90'), Joao (90+1')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Holmes (33' og.), Campbell (58')

The Match

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

We said: Reading 1-2 Luton Town

Even though they experienced contrasting fortunes at the weekend, both teams will feel encouraged by their respective performances. Nevertheless, we can only back the Hatters for this contest, the visitors potentially prevailing by the odd goal in three. 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 Luton Town win with a probability of 50.9%. A draw had a probability of 25.5% and a win for Reading had a probability of 23.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Luton Town win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.44%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.67%) and 1-2 (9.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.08%), while for a Reading win it was 1-0 (7.77%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Luton Town would win this match.

Result
Reading	Draw	Luton Town
23.62%	25.48%	50.9%

Both teams to score 48.98%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.25%

53.75%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.77%

75.23%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.12%

37.88%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.34%

74.65%

Luton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.86%

21.14%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.01%

53.99%

Score Analysis

Reading 23.62%

Luton Town 50.89%

Draw 25.48%

Reading	Draw	Luton Town
1-0 @ 7.77% 2-1 @ 5.86% 2-0 @ 3.77% 3-1 @ 1.9% 3-2 @ 1.47% 3-0 @ 1.22% Other @ 1.61% Total : 23.62%	1-1 @ 12.08% 0-0 @ 8.01% 2-2 @ 4.56% Other @ 0.84% Total : 25.48%	0-1 @ 12.44% 0-2 @ 9.67% 1-2 @ 9.39% 0-3 @ 5.01% 1-3 @ 4.86% 2-3 @ 2.36% 0-4 @ 1.95% 1-4 @ 1.89% 2-4 @ 0.92% Other @ 2.41% Total : 50.89%

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Championship Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
P	Burnley	42	26	14	2	80	32	48	92
2	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	42	25	7	10	65	36	29	82
3	Luton Town Luton	42	20	14	8	53	36	17	74
4	Middlesbrough	42	21	8	13	79	51	28	71
5	Millwall	43	18	11	14	50	42	8	65
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	42	17	12	13	54	45	9	63
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	41	19	6	16	45	47	-2	63
8	Sunderland	43	16	14	13	61	52	9	62
9	Coventry City Coventry	42	16	14	12	52	43	9	62
10	Preston North End Preston	42	17	11	14	41	47	-6	62
11	Norwich City Norwich	42	17	10	15	55	47	8	61
12	Watford	42	15	14	13	51	47	4	59
13	Swansea City Swansea	42	15	11	16	57	59	-2	56
14	Bristol City	43	13	14	16	50	53	-3	53
15	Birmingham City Birmingham	43	14	11	18	46	53	-7	53
16	Hull City	42	13	14	15	48	57	-9	53
17	Stoke City Stoke	43	14	10	19	54	50	4	52
18	Rotherham United Rotherham	42	10	16	16	46	56	-10	46
19	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	43	11	11	21	42	61	-19	44
20	Queens Park Rangers QPR	42	11	10	21	40	67	-27	43
21	Cardiff City Cardiff	41	11	9	21	34	50	-16	42
22	Reading	42	13	9	20	43	62	-19	42
23	Blackpool	43	9	11	23	44	69	-25	38
24	Wigan Athletic Wigan	43	9	13	21	35	63	-28	37