Given the form of the two sides, we cannot quite pick a winner on Tuesday and instead expect a second straight draw for each team.
The Blades should be somewhat positive after a solid home showing on Saturday but have struggled to consistently put sides to the sword this term, and we see them leaving with a point.
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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 Sheffield United win with a probability of 43.42%. A win for Reading had a probability of 30.11% and a draw had a probability of 26.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield United win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.85%) and 0-2 (7.87%). The likeliest Reading win was 1-0 (8.94%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.58%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Sheffield United in this match.
