Possible nail-biting contest in Barnsley - Reading game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley are longing to improve their points total at their own stadium in this match against Reading.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (28) in Championship
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Barnsley and Reading should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley, who have the fewest scored goals (28) in Championship, have collected 21 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-6-8. When Barnsley hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Barnsley are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Sheffield United. The striker Morris was declared "man of the match" for Barnsley with a rating of 7.23/10. Morris dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Bristol City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Barnsley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Barnsley as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Barnsley has won nine of these, drawn six and lost four.

Barnsley aren't scoring a lot here at Oakwell Stadium in the league, with only 16 goals from 19 games. 21 goals have been conceded. 12 of these goals were conceded after the match timer had passed one hour (more than 55 percent). Barnsley has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Reading form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 5-2-12 (win-draw-lose).

Reading won their last game, 1-0 versus Blackburn Rovers played at home. Nyland (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.14. Nyland topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AFC Bournemouth that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reading playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Reading wins, six draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stoke City in just three days.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 19 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Reading's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 37 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded history involving both these participants is the Reading - Barnsley 1-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Barnsley one win, four draws and Reading five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
BarnsleyC. Morris
C. Morris
6 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
6 goals

Barnsley missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
6 5 2 Won W 2 5 11
10 6 1 Drew D 1 2 6
22 8 2 Lost L 2 12 21
28 16 5 Scored S 4 18 44
54 21 5 Conceded C 4 37 73
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 95% 97%
68% 58% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 74% 74%
34% 21% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 63% 58%
13% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 37% 39%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 26%
45% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 55%
18% 26% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 11% 13%
45% 42% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 34%
 
3.7 3.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.7 3.6
5.7 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.5
1.8 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 9.7 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.1 10.3
3.3 3.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.5
22% 26% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 33%
 
12.8 12.6 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.9 15.2
4.5 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 6.2 5.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (28) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

Barnsley:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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