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Fleetwood Town vs Reading — League One 2018

Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town
FT
1 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Reading
Reading
2/13/2024League OneLeague One · Round 33Highbury Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 69+ matches

Fleetwood Town42%
×Draw26%
Reading32%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Fleetwood Town
1.46
Reading
1.25

Fleetwood Town creates 17% more chances

Season form · 135 home / 69 away

creates per match

Fleetwood Town
1.27
Reading
1.32

allows per match

Fleetwood Town
1.17
Reading
1.65

finishing

Fleetwood Town+0.00on par
Reading+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Fleetwood Town ↓

Reading →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Fleetwood Town or draw
68%
Fleetwood Town or Reading
74%
Draw or Reading
58%

Winning margin

Fleetwood Town wins by 2+
20%
Reading wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Fleetwood Town 1+ goals
77%
Fleetwood Town 2+ goals
43%
Fleetwood Town 3+ goals
18%
Reading 1+ goals
71%
Reading 2+ goals
36%
Reading 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Fleetwood Town (draw refunded)
56%
Reading (draw refunded)
44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Fleetwood Town at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.17 · 135 matches

Reading away — creates 1.32, concedes 1.65 · 69 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Fleetwood Town attack 1.27 + Reading defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.46

Reading attack 1.32 + Fleetwood Town defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.25

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 42%?"

Fleetwood Town scores more
42%
level
26%
Reading scores more
32%

Fleetwood Town at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 42% does not mean "Fleetwood Town will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Fleetwood Town vs Reading

Fleetwood Town and Reading drew 1-1 in League One on February 13, 2024.

The match was played at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, Lancashire.