This could be an absorbing match as Birmingham City have their supposed home advantage, while Reading lead them by 1 point in the Championship standings.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Championship
Birmingham City and Reading should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-5-3.
Birmingham shared the glory with Blackpool in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Sanderson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Sanderson won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sunderland that was lost 1-2.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 Birmingham City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Birmingham has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Birmingham City have conceded only 10 goals.
Reading form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
The regulars enjoyed Reading's previous match versus Coventry City (placed 14th), a 1-0 win played at home. Mbengue, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.01. Mbengue scored one goal and won 7 of 7 duels.
Prior to that result Reading won their away game at Hull City. The scoreline was 2-1.Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham City-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City five wins, Reading four wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 9 goals |   L. Santos João 4 goals |  T. Ince 4 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Reading missing players
| Birmingham City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 30 |
| 82% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 95% |
| 64% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 36% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 55% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 5% |
| 45% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 36% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 36% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 32% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | 36% |
| 11.6 | 10.1 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.4 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- 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.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Watford | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Reading | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 29 |
| 8 | Millwall | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Hull City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -10 | 23 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
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