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Shrewsbury vs Reading — League One 2018

Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
FT
3 – 2
HT: 1 – 2
Reading
Reading
11/11/2023League OneLeague One · Round 17The Croud Meadow

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 69+ matches

Shrewsbury39%
×Draw26%
Reading35%
✓ 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.

Shrewsbury
1.39
Reading
1.31

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 156 home / 69 away

creates per match

Shrewsbury
1.13
Reading
1.32

allows per match

Shrewsbury
1.31
Reading
1.65

finishing

Shrewsbury+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, %

Shrewsbury ↓

Reading →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–19%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

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

Double chance

Shrewsbury or draw
65%
Shrewsbury or Reading
74%
Draw or Reading
61%

Winning margin

Shrewsbury wins by 2+
18%
Reading wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

Shrewsbury 1+ goals
75%
Shrewsbury 2+ goals
40%
Shrewsbury 3+ goals
16%
Reading 1+ goals
73%
Reading 2+ goals
38%
Reading 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Shrewsbury (draw refunded)
52%
Reading (draw refunded)
48%

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

Shrewsbury at home — creates 1.13, concedes 1.31 · 156 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

Shrewsbury attack 1.13 + Reading defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.39

Reading attack 1.32 + Shrewsbury defence 1.31 → ÷2 → 1.31

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 39%?"

Shrewsbury scores more
39%
level
26%
Reading scores more
35%

Shrewsbury at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Shrewsbury 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: Shrewsbury vs Reading

Shrewsbury beat Reading 3-2 in League One on November 11, 2023.

The match was played at The Croud Meadow in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.