This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Barnsley holding 24th place and Reading lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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.
Barnsley form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Barnsley have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Oakwell Ground.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Reading in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Cardiff City.
This is expected to be a close game, with Barnsley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Barnsley as a small favourite), we find six games. Barnsley has won 0 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Barnsley in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Barnsley with 20 goals conceded in these matches.
Reading form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Reading are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Barnsley (placed 24th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Birmingham City.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reading playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 1 Reading win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Reading find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Reading in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Barnsley won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Reading has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
 
C. Woodrow
6 goals
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G. Puşcaş
6 goals
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C. Chaplin
5 goals
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Barnsley missing players
Reading missing players
| Barnsley | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 24 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 42 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 50% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 19% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 67% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 20% |
| 29% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 281 | 163 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 118 | 249 |
| 79 | 48 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 40 | 82 |
| 30% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 30% |
- Barnsley has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
- Barnsley has the the worst goal difference (-18)
- Barnsley has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Reading has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- 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 | Leeds United | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 45 |
| 3 | Fulham | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Hull City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Derby County | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 20 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
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