Reading and West Bromwich Albion supporters eagerly anticipate Championship meet at Select Car Leasing Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading hope to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been difficult so far with 41 points and a 21st position in the Championship table. Opponents West Bromwich Albion are in 13th place with 61 pts.

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (85) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Reading can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For WBA most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Reading and West Bromwich Albion 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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Reading form and stats

Reading have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-10 (wins-draws-losses).

Reading faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hull City (0-3). Yiadom was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.81 out of 10. The defender Yiadom hit one key pass and won 4 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Swansea City that ended 4-4.

Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 33 goals in 22 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Reading defense is not exactly impregnable. 43 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Bromwich Albion so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 5-5-12 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as WBA have lost on their last two travels.

West Bromwich Albion aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Grant was the last player to find the net.

WBA delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Coventry City (placed 10th) in their previous match. Defender O'Shea was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. O'Shea hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Nottingham Forest's place.

The attacking power of West Bromwich Albion when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 22 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. 29 goals have been conceded by West Bromwich Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other earlier on this season: West Bromwich Albion - Reading 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Reading victories, three draws and four West Bromwich Albion wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
15 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
10 goals

Reading missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
13 7 3 Won W 3 5 16
8 5 2 Drew D 2 5 13
23 10 2 Lost L 2 12 15
54 33 16 Scored S 9 18 47
85 43 15 Conceded C 4 29 45
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 86%
77% 77% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 64% 64%
61% 59% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 41% 39%
36% 41% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 18% 18%
25% 32% 57% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
59% 64% 86% BTTS BTTS 14% 32% 34%
11% 14% 14% Clean Sheets C S 57% 23% 39%
32% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 55% 41%
 
3.8 3.7 3.1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.1 5.8
5.2 5.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.5 4
1.6 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2.2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
10.3 10.3 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12.8 14
3.6 3.7 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 4.2
34% 40% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 22% 26%
 
14.4 13 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6.4 8.8 9
5.3 5 4.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.1 2.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (43) at home in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (85) in Championship
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion 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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 30

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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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 30

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