Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Reading & Swansea City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Reading nor Swansea City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Reading form and stats
Reading was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Carabao Cup.Three draws in a row here at Madejski Stadium for Reading, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
Reading are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Stoke City. Midfield player John Swift got a match rating of 8.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Swift scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).
In the match before that, Reading hosted Huddersfield Town and drew the Championship game 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Reading have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn two and lost four.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Reading as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Preston North End are visiting.
Swansea City form and stats
Swansea's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Swansea seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Swansea City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Blackburn Rovers. Goalkeeper Steven-Andreas Benda got the top player rating of the team with 7.54/10. Benda stopped the opponent with eight saves. Swansea goalkeeper Steven-Andreas Benda had a great day against Blackburn Rovers, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.
A 0-2 defeat away at Brentford before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Swansea in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Swansea City, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheffield United in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Swansea City has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Reading, five draws and five wins for Swansea City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Moore 1 goals |  J. Swift 1 goals |
Reading missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Reading | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Blackpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Derby County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Millwall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Fulham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Sheffield United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Peterborough United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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