Blackpool manager Critchley looking for three points in Reading showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

Blackpool have delivered 8 home wins this season, Reading have won 5 away. Who improves their records in this one?

Insights:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Blackpool 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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Blackpool form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Blackpool have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games.

Blackpool are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Queens Park Rangers. Midfield player Connolly got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Connolly served one assist, hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Cardiff City that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackpool handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.

Blackpool's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw.

Impressive finishing from Swift and João secured the home win 2-1 against Birmingham City in their previous game.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Preston North End with the score of 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, one draw and eight defeats.

Reading have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Reading - Blackpool 2-3. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Blackpool won four, Reading triumphed in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
7 goals
BlackpoolS. Lavery
S. Lavery
7 goals

Blackpool missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 6 16 33
11 8 3 Won W 1 5 10
9 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
13 7 1 Lost L 5 10 18
36 17 5 Scored S 7 16 41
40 18 3 Conceded C 11 28 63
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
70% 59% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 76%
42% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 61%
15% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 19% 27%
58% 35% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 58%
21% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
24% 35% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 33%
 
3.8 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.6 3.5
5.1 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 5.7
1.7 1.6 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 10.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 10.4
3.2 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.4
34% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 31% 36%
 
12.4 12.5 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17.9 15.7
4 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 6.2 5.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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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 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.