1st spot in the Professional Development League table for Bristol City U21 so far, a good performance. The home team followers hope for more fun as 6th-placed Reading U21 visit.
- Bristol City U21 have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional Development League
- Reading U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bristol City U21 form and stats
Bristol City U21 have been very solid at home in the Professional Development League so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. After failing to beat Birmingham City U21 here, Bristol has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The Bristol City U21 manager Hines and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Newcastle United U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Heartbreak before that as Bristol City U21 lost 0-1 at Cardiff City U21's place.Bristol City U21 have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reading U21 form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Reading, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Charlton Athletic U21 in their previous game.
Before that match, the win at home against Wolves U21 in the Premier League Cup (3-0).
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 12 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League Cup trip to Arsenal U21.
Reading U21 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These sides faced each other earlier on this season: Reading U21 - Bristol City U21 0-1.
Bristol City U21 missing players
Reading U21 missing players
| Bristol City U21 | Reading U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 86% | 71% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 50% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 10.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 42% | 57% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 44% |
| 6.1 | 5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.2 | 7.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- All of Reading U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City U21 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bristol City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol City U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bristol City U21 have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have the most clean sheets (8) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have the most points (19) at home in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U21 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Reading U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Reading U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading U21 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 | Bristol City U21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Millwall U21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 31 |
| 4 | Cardiff City U21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Swansea City U21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 23 |
| 6 | Reading U21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Colchester United U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Watford U21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -33 | 3 |
