Open game expected at Select Car Leasing Stadium: Reading vs Stoke City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Here's every single thing you should know, and a little bit more, going into the Reading - Stoke City game!

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (36) at home in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Reading form and stats

The overall Championship results playing at home this season for Reading are 6-4-9 (wins-draws-losses).

The Reading manager Ince and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Barnsley (placed 22nd). Defender Morrison got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Morrison served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.

Before that, Reading had a home game versus Blackburn Rovers which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Reading perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reading as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Reading has won eight of these, drawn one and lost four.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cardiff City are coming to town in four days.

Reading has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Reading defense is not exactly impregnable. 36 goals conceded from 19 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Stoke City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jack Bonham. It's been 227 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Stoke City won their last game, 1-0 versus Sheffield United played at home. Midfield player Thompson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Thompson hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Millwall.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Stoke City, four draws and five defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Stoke now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at West Bromwich Albion is waiting in only four days.

Stoke City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Stoke City have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Stoke City - Reading 3-2. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Reading, seven draws and three wins for Stoke City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
10 goals
Stoke CityL. Baker
L. Baker
7 goals

Reading missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 7 19 39
11 6 1 Won W 1 5 14
7 4 1 Drew D 3 6 10
21 9 3 Lost L 3 8 15
45 26 9 Scored S 7 21 49
74 36 11 Conceded C 8 23 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 95%
74% 74% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 74% 69%
56% 53% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 47% 46%
38% 42% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 16% 18%
26% 32% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
56% 58% 80% BTTS BTTS 57% 58% 51%
13% 16% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 26% 33%
33% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 29% 21% 21%
 
3.7 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.9 5.5 5.2
5.4 5.7 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.6 5.2
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.4 10.5 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 12.8 11.8
3.5 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.9 3.9 3.8
33% 37% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 28% 33%
 
15 13.4 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.6 10.8 10
5.6 5.2 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (36) at home in Championship
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stoke City 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 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
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 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 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 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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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 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
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 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 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 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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