Closing in on the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams duel. Both will be aiming to better their league position, Reading U21 in 4th and Barnsley U21 in 6th spot.
- Reading U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Barnsley U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 U21 form and stats
Reading U21 have performed here at Bearwood Park Training Facility this season with 8 wins from 13 Professional Development League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.
An away draw last time out for Reading U21, facing Birmingham City U21 in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Reading U21 drew at home versus Colchester United U21.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Reading U21 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Some stats: A review of the 11 latest league games highlights that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bearwood Park Training Facility with 23 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Reading U21 have conceded only 12 goals.
Barnsley U21 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley U21 so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Barnsley have lost on their last two travels.
There were no winners in Barnsley U21's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Queens Park Rangers U21 (placed 7th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cardiff City U21 wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Barnsley U21 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Barnsley's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Reading U21 missing players
Barnsley U21 missing players
| Reading U21 | Barnsley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 44 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 38 |
| 37 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 25 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 77% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 63% | 54% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 63% |
| 26% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 31% | 22% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 63% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 54% | 63% |
| 22% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 15% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 32% |
| 7.9 | 6.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- Barnsley U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Millwall U21 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 58 |
| 2 | Bristol City U21 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 25 | 53 |
| 3 | Swansea City U21 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 46 |
| 4 | Reading U21 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town U21 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 59 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | Cardiff City U21 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -12 | 39 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Colchester United U21 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 40 | -17 | 27 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 37 | -34 | 21 |
