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Reading

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
22
non-draws in a row
01 Nov 2011 → 10 Mar 2012
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 6.1 across these 22 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 5.4 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 1,280 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 366.54 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.01× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
29 Oct 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Reading D ENG · Championship
01 Nov 2011 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Reading H ENG · Championship
06 Nov 2011 Reading 1–0 Birmingham City H ENG · Championship
19 Nov 2011 Reading 1–2 Cardiff City A ENG · Championship
26 Nov 2011 Ipswich Town 2–3 Reading A ENG · Championship
29 Nov 2011 Reading 3–2 Peterborough United H ENG · Championship
03 Dec 2011 Blackpool 1–0 Reading H ENG · Championship
10 Dec 2011 Reading 3–0 West Ham United H ENG · Championship
17 Dec 2011 Leeds United 0–1 Reading A ENG · Championship
26 Dec 2011 Reading 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion H ENG · Championship
31 Dec 2011 Reading 1–0 Ipswich Town H ENG · Championship
02 Jan 2012 Cardiff City 3–1 Reading H ENG · Championship
07 Jan 2012 Reading 0–1 Stevenage A ENG · FA Cup Round 3
14 Jan 2012 Watford 1–2 Reading A ENG · Championship
21 Jan 2012 Reading 0–1 Hull City A ENG · Championship
28 Jan 2012 Reading 1–0 Bristol City H ENG · Championship
11 Feb 2012 Reading 2–0 Coventry City H ENG · Championship
14 Feb 2012 Derby County 0–1 Reading A ENG · Championship
17 Feb 2012 Reading 1–0 Burnley H ENG · Championship
25 Feb 2012 Middlesbrough 0–2 Reading A ENG · Championship
03 Mar 2012 Millwall 1–2 Reading A ENG · Championship
06 Mar 2012 Reading 1–0 Portsmouth H ENG · Championship
10 Mar 2012 Reading 3–1 Leicester City H ENG · Championship
the draw that ended it
13 Mar 2012 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Reading D ENG · Championship