Championship: Bristol City expected to win home game against Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Ashton Gate Stadium clash with Reading, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Bristol City form and stats

8 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Bristol City have to build on here at Ashton Gate Stadium.

The fans are hoping that Bristol City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Aston Villa. Previous to that game, a home match hosting West Bromwich Albion in a game that was won 3-2.

Bristol City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Sheffield Wednesday awaits in three days.

The Bristol City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 27 in 21 matches. Bristol City have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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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 21 away games. Reading only has 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 10 draws.

Reading are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Brentford. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Norwich City that ended 2-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting West Bromwich Albion in just three days.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored in 21 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 32 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Reading - Bristol City 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 0 - 8 (Bristol City wins - draws - Reading wins).

Top Goalscorers

F. Diedhiou
12 goals / 2 assists
Y. Meïté
11 goals / 1 assists
A. Weimann
10 goals / 5 assists

Bristol City missing players

Reading missing players

Bristol City Reading
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 21 Played 21 42
55 27 Scored 18 47
46 23 Conceded 32 63
98% 100% Over 0.5 81% 88%
66% 71% Over 1.5 67% 74%
39% 38% Over 2.5 48% 57%
24% 19% Over 3.5 33% 31%
17% 10% Over 4.5 10% 12%
54% 62% Both teams to score 57% 60%
32% 19% Clean Sheet 19% 17%
17% 19% Failed To Score 43% 36%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Bristol City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

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