Delightful dogfight as daring Bristol City duel with determined Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Bristol City have managed 8 home triumphs this season, Reading have won 3 away. Who improves their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Reading have the fewest points (11) away in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bristol City form and stats

8-5-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Bristol City so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ashton Gate Stadium.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 189 minutes without scoring a league goal. Scott was the last player to find the net.

Bristol City lost their last game at Swansea City (placed 16th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Defender Vyner got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.13/10. Vyner won 2 of 2 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Luton Town (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol City handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 11 league matches, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Bristol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 19 games. Bristol City have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-2-14 (19 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Reading, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Reading's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hull City that finished 1-1.

A 1-2 defeat away at Blackburn Rovers before that.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Reading have conceded 37 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City and Reading have met before this season: Reading - Bristol City 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol City five wins, one draw and Reading four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BristolN. Wells
N. Wells
11 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
ReadingA. Carroll
A. Carroll
7 goals

Bristol City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
12 8 4 Won W 1 3 13
12 5 1 Drew D 0 2 6
14 6 1 Lost L 5 14 19
45 24 12 Scored S 4 12 40
46 18 5 Conceded C 12 37 58
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
79% 74% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 63% 71%
37% 32% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 55%
16% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 32% 26%
13% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 16% 8%
53% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 37% 47%
29% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 16% 18%
29% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 53% 37%
 
5.2 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.7 4.3
5.4 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 5.1
1.8 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 10.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.9 9.6
3.2 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 3
37% 38% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 35%
 
11.8 9.7 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 12.9 11.8
3.4 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have the fewest points (11) away in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (37) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.