Betting preview: Reading vs Birmingham City should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading are trying to overlook the league table before this fixture versus Birmingham City. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Reading form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Reading have managed 10 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 19 games.

The Reading manager Ince and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Bristol City (placed 14th). The Reading goalkeeper Lumley was crucial in the match against Bristol City last time out, making six saves.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hull City that ended 1-1.

There will be little rest for Reading after this match as they are travelling to Preston North End for a Championship game in only three days.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 19 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Reading have conceded 21 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6-4-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham City in their Championship matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Birmingham goalkeeper John Ruddy is eager to challenge this, with his 196 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Birmingham City are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Blackburn Rovers (placed 6th). Birmingham goalie Ruddy was high and low in the Blackburn Rovers game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Ruddy (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.73. Ruddy topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Queens Park Rangers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

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

Birmingham City find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Birmingham have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Birmingham City - Reading 3-2. Reading-Birmingham City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reading four wins, Birmingham City five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
ReadingA. Carroll
A. Carroll
7 goals

Reading missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Birmingham City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 7 19 39
13 10 3 Won W 2 6 13
7 4 1 Drew D 2 4 9
19 5 3 Lost L 3 9 17
41 28 9 Scored S 5 20 43
59 21 11 Conceded C 6 29 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 89% 90%
72% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 68% 69%
54% 58% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 47% 44%
26% 21% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 18%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 10%
49% 58% 57% BTTS BTTS 29% 47% 46%
18% 21% 14% Clean Sheets C S 43% 26% 31%
36% 21% 29% Failed to Score F T 43% 37% 33%
 
4.3 3.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.6 4.4
5.2 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 4.5 5.1
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 10.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.4 10.5
3 3.4 3.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.2
35% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 35%
 
11.9 10.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.9 12.8 12.1
3.7 3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.1 4.4 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 38 24 12 2 74 29 20 14 6 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 84
2 Sheffield United 38 22 7 9 59 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 26 73
3 Middlesbrough 39 20 7 12 71 46 19 11 6 2 36 14 20 9 1 10 35 32 25 67
4 Luton Town 39 18 13 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 13 67
5 Millwall 39 17 10 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 4 15 43 43 18 13 1 4 25 14 20 6 3 11 18 29 0 61
7 Norwich City 39 16 9 14 52 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 57
8 Coventry City 39 15 12 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 19 6 6 7 23 20 6 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 11 12 47 39 20 10 6 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 56
10 Preston North End 39 15 11 13 37 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 9 5 5 20 21 -7 56
11 Watford 39 14 13 12 45 42 19 9 6 4 28 17 20 5 7 8 17 25 3 55
12 Sunderland 39 14 12 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 9 16 52 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 20 8 4 8 29 24 7 51
14 Bristol City 39 12 13 14 46 47 20 8 6 6 25 19 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 49
15 Swansea City 39 13 10 16 54 59 19 8 3 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 49
16 Birmingham City 39 13 9 17 43 50 20 7 5 8 23 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -7 48
17 Hull City 39 12 12 15 43 53 20 7 5 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 48
18 Reading 39 13 7 19 41 59 19 10 4 5 28 21 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 46
19 Queens Park Rangers 39 11 9 19 38 60 19 6 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 18 33 -22 42
20 Rotherham United 38 9 14 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 20 2 9 9 11 28 -10 41
21 Cardiff City 38 10 9 19 30 44 20 6 6 8 18 20 18 4 3 11 12 24 -14 39
22 Huddersfield Town 39 10 9 20 36 55 20 7 5 8 21 23 19 3 4 12 15 32 -19 39
23 Blackpool 39 8 11 20 41 61 19 5 6 8 24 26 20 3 5 12 17 35 -20 35
24 Wigan Athletic 39 8 13 18 34 59 20 4 6 10 15 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -25 34

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  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 38 24 12 2 74 29 20 14 6 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 84
2 Sheffield United 38 22 7 9 59 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 26 73
3 Middlesbrough 39 20 7 12 71 46 19 11 6 2 36 14 20 9 1 10 35 32 25 67
4 Luton Town 39 18 13 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 13 67
5 Millwall 39 17 10 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 4 15 43 43 18 13 1 4 25 14 20 6 3 11 18 29 0 61
7 Norwich City 39 16 9 14 52 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 57
8 Coventry City 39 15 12 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 19 6 6 7 23 20 6 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 11 12 47 39 20 10 6 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 56
10 Preston North End 39 15 11 13 37 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 9 5 5 20 21 -7 56
11 Watford 39 14 13 12 45 42 19 9 6 4 28 17 20 5 7 8 17 25 3 55
12 Sunderland 39 14 12 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 9 16 52 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 20 8 4 8 29 24 7 51
14 Bristol City 39 12 13 14 46 47 20 8 6 6 25 19 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 49
15 Swansea City 39 13 10 16 54 59 19 8 3 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 49
16 Birmingham City 39 13 9 17 43 50 20 7 5 8 23 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -7 48
17 Hull City 39 12 12 15 43 53 20 7 5 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 48
18 Reading 39 13 7 19 41 59 19 10 4 5 28 21 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 46
19 Queens Park Rangers 39 11 9 19 38 60 19 6 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 18 33 -22 42
20 Rotherham United 38 9 14 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 20 2 9 9 11 28 -10 41
21 Cardiff City 38 10 9 19 30 44 20 6 6 8 18 20 18 4 3 11 12 24 -14 39
22 Huddersfield Town 39 10 9 20 36 55 20 7 5 8 21 23 19 3 4 12 15 32 -19 39
23 Blackpool 39 8 11 20 41 61 19 5 6 8 24 26 20 3 5 12 17 35 -20 35
24 Wigan Athletic 39 8 13 18 34 59 20 4 6 10 15 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -25 34

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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.