Birmingham City have enginereed 3 home wins this season, Reading have won 2 away. Which team betters their standings after this meeting?
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham City and Reading.
Birmingham City form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Birmingham City so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Birmingham City after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Birmingham City are confident in defense, having played 193 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Birmingham's last game was hosting Bristol City (placed 18th) and winning 3-0. The striker Troy Deeney outshone all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Deeney signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Middlesbrough with a 2-0 scoreline.Birmingham has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Reading form and stats
Reading have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-6 (8 played). With the Reading losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The attacking players of Reading have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 339 minutes.
Reading play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Millwall (placed 8th). Goalkeeper Luke Southwood got the top player rating of the team with 7.44/10. Southwood stopped the opponent with four saves.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus AFC Bournemouth.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Birmingham won five, Reading were winners in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Swift 8 goals |   S. Hogan 5 goals |  A. Dele-Bashiru 3 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Reading missing players
| Birmingham City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 81% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 25% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 27% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 38% |
| 10.1 | 9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 18.8 | 15.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Fulham | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 32 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Blackpool | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Millwall | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Sheffield United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Reading | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 22 | Hull City | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
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