Reading vs Cambridge United — League One 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 69+ matches
Reading54%
Cambridge United22%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.
Reading creates 71% more chances
Season form · 69 home / 92 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under50
- Over50
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Reading ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Reading at home — creates 1.58, concedes 1.06 · 69 matches
Cambridge United away — creates 0.89, concedes 1.78 · 92 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Reading attack 1.58 + Cambridge United defence 1.78 → ÷2 → 1.68
Cambridge United attack 0.89 + Reading defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 0.98
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 54%?"
Reading at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Reading 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.
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Statistics
Reading host Cambridge United on Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at 20:00. The match is part of the League One 2018/2019 season.
League One: Reading 3–0 Cambridge United
Reading beat Cambridge United 3-0 in League One on December 3, 2024.
Goals: L. Wing (49', 63'), Mamadi Camará (60').
Reading controlled possession (66%) and registered 14 shots to 11.
The match was played at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading, Berkshire.