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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

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Insights:
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship

Huddersfield Town can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. Reading are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

The hosts Huddersfield saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. This match was also played here at The John Smith's Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Reading have had more rest.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have collected 30 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-6-8. When Huddersfield Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Huddersfield Town's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sheffield United (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Helik got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Helik won 11 of 14 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Cardiff City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Huddersfield Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Huddersfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 22 games. Huddersfield Town have conceded 25 in these home matches. Huddersfield has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 22 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 3 wins to counter their 16 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Reading have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

There were no winners in Reading's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Wigan Athletic (placed 24th). As mentioned above, Reading drew the match against Wigan Athletic. Manager Hunt brought on Méïté to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder McIntyre was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. McIntyre hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 55 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Coventry City's place.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 22 league matches away. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 42 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Reading - Huddersfield Town 3-1 was the score in these squads' previous head-to-head game, played this season. Huddersfield-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town three wins, Reading four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
ReadingA. Carroll
A. Carroll
9 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
7 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
13 8 3 Won W 1 3 13
11 6 1 Drew D 0 3 11
21 8 2 Lost L 5 16 21
45 24 7 Scored S 4 15 46
62 25 5 Conceded C 11 42 66
93% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 96%
67% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 73%
44% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 51%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 22%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 7%
47% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 53%
20% 32% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 18%
40% 36% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 33%
 
4.5 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 4.4
5.5 4.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.4 5
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 10.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.9 9.8
3.1 3.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 2.9
32% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 35%
 
13.7 12.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13.9 12.5
4.6 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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.
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship
  • Reading have the fewest points (12) away in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (42) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 45 27 7 11 71 38 23 16 3 4 47 19 22 11 4 7 24 19 33 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 11 21 45 62 22 8 6 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -17 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
20 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
21 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 45 27 7 11 71 38 23 16 3 4 47 19 22 11 4 7 24 19 33 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 11 21 45 62 22 8 6 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -17 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
20 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
21 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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.