Reading are unlocking their away locker room to Burton Albion for yet another vital match after their 1-4 result vs 14th-placed Blackpool.
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days ago.
Reading form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Reading at their home stadium (Select Car Leasing Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. There’s a good atmosphere here at Select Car Leasing Stadium after three straight home wins.
Reading faced defeat in their previous match, away at Blackpool (1-4). Elliott (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.04/10. Elliott hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, a nice away win at Exeter City. A EFL Trophy game.
Reading are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Northampton Town awaits in three days.
Reading has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Reading have conceded only 2 goals.
Burton Albion form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Burton Albion playing as the away team in the League One this season.
The club members enjoyed Burton Albion's previous fixture versus Everton U21, a EFL Trophy win (2-0) played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Fleetwood Town in the League One.We have checked recent matches where Burton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
After this away game Burton Albion return home for a League One game against Wigan Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Burton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Reading victories, zero draws and one Burton Albion win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ehibhaimha 2 goals |  H. Knibbs 1 goals |  C. Savage 1 goals |
Reading missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Reading | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 6 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 16.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.2 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 20% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 13.9 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
- Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Burton Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Reading have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Derby County | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | Reading | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -15 | 1 |
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