We said: Eastleigh 2-3 Reading
Both sides have been involved in some thrilling recent encounters packed with goals, and it should be a competitive cup tie, despite the difference in league positions.
Reading have reserved their best performances for the cups though, and after also finding some league form of late, they will fancy themselves to progress here.
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 Reading win with a probability of 48.33%. A win for Eastleigh had a probability of 28.71% and a draw had a probability of 23%.
The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.68%) and 0-2 (6.95%). The likeliest Eastleigh win was 2-1 (7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.36%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7% likelihood.