Football betting preview: Birmingham City vs Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

The visiting Reading side should be favourites in this visit to Birmingham City, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 36 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points (12) at home in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Birmingham City nor Reading 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.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City's results here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 203 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Roberts was the last player to find the net.

Birmingham City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Bristol City (placed 12th). Prior to that, an away loss at Barnsley.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham as they are travelling to their away game against Watford in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Birmingham aren't scoring a lot here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 18 games. Birmingham have conceded 31 from these games.

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Reading form and stats

7-7-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reading in their Championship matches away.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nottingham Forest (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Sheffield Wednesday.

The draw against Nottingham Forest came from a losing position. The Reading manager V. Paunovic brought on Yakou Meite as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

After this away game Reading return home for a Championship game against Queens Park Rangers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Reading in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Reading - Birmingham City 1-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Birmingham wins - draws - Reading wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
18 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
7 goals
BirminghamS. Hogan
S. Hogan
6 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Reading
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 7 18 36
8 3 1 Won W 3 7 18
11 3 0 Drew D 2 7 7
17 12 4 Lost L 2 4 11
26 12 4 Scored S 9 22 50
46 31 9 Conceded C 7 18 38
83% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
56% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 61% 72%
36% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 33% 50%
17% 22% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 22% 19%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 17% 8%
44% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 57% 50% 44%
28% 11% 20% Clean Sheets C S 29% 44% 44%
44% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 14% 28% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.1 1.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 9.5 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.4 10.9
2.6 2.3 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.9 3.7 4.3
28% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points (12) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the the worst goal difference (-19) at home 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 Norwich City 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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