Pre-match info: 26 points are between the contenders so far this season, Portsmouth the superior team. Will Reading strike back?
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League One
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.
Reading form and stats
Overall League One results at home this season for Reading are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Reading hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Oxford United, Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley, Derby County, Stevenage, Blackpool and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 3 matches! It's trouble wherever Reading are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Reading regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Select Car Leasing Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Fleetwood Town (placed 22nd). The defeat against Fleetwood Town was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Vela). Midfielder Wing was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.5 (out of ten) in that game. Wing hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Charlton Athletic.Reading are not conceding a lot of goals here at Select Car Leasing Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Portsmouth as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
Portsmouth have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Will Norris. It's been 338 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
Portsmouth are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cambridge United (placed 17th). Swanson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Swanson hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Carlisle United.Portsmouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Portsmouth as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former nine meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Reading, two draws and four wins for Portsmouth. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 8 goals |  P. Lane 3 goals |  R. Poole 3 goals |
Reading missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Reading | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 54% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 23% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| 6.3 | 5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 17.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 14.3 | 14.7 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 16% | 17% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 32% |
| 13.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.8 |
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portsmouth have scored more than double the goals of Reading.
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League One
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League One
- Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
- Portsmouth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
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