Ashton Gate Stadium: Bristol City vs Reading Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and 21st place in the table will show on the pitch.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bristol City form and stats

Bristol City have played 4 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Bristol City. Two draws in a row at home now for Bristol City.

Bristol City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Brentford (placed 15th). 3-3 away at Preston North End before that.

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 Bristol City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. Bristol City have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Reading form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Reading have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

The manager José Gomes was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Ashton Gate Stadium. Reading suffered a 1-4 loss to Fulham (placed 5th). A 1-1 draw at Swansea City's stadium before that.

Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Reading have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bristol City won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Reading has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

A. Weimann
4 goals / 2 assists
B. Afobe
3 goals
T. Rowe
2 goals

Bristol City missing players

Reading missing players

Bristol City Reading
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 5 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 1 Drew D 2 2 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 6
17 5 2 Scored S 2 5 11
13 5 2 Conceded C 2 5 16
90% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 50%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
80% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
10% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.4 3.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 6.2 5.5
7.4 7.2 10 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.4 4.9
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Bristol City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 2 - 2 Middlesbrough
14-09-19 CH Stoke City 1 - 2 Bristol City
21-09-19 CH Bristol City 0 - 0 Swansea City
28-09-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 3 Bristol City
02-10-19 CH Brentford 1 - 1 Bristol City
05-10-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Reading
19-10-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 Bristol City
23-10-19 CH Bristol City 18:45 Charlton Athletic
27-10-19 CH Bristol City 13:30 Wigan Athletic
01-11-19 CH Barnsley 19:45 Bristol City
Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Reading
21-09-19 CH Reading 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
25-09-19 CC Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 1 Reading
28-09-19 CH Swansea City 1 - 1 Reading
01-10-19 CH Reading 1 - 4 Fulham
05-10-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Reading
19-10-19 CH Reading 14:00 Preston North End
22-10-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Reading
26-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Reading
02-11-19 CH Reading 15:00 Millwall

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swansea City 10 6 3 1 15 7 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 3 2 0 6 2 8 21
2 Leeds United 10 6 2 2 14 5 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 4 0 1 10 2 9 20
3 West Bromwich Albion 10 5 4 1 17 11 4 2 2 0 9 6 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 19
4 Nottingham Forest 10 5 4 1 15 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 3 3 0 9 6 6 19
5 Fulham 10 5 3 2 18 8 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 2 2 1 8 5 10 18
6 Preston North End 10 5 3 2 18 11 5 4 1 0 13 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 7 18
7 Bristol City 10 4 5 1 17 13 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 3 3 0 12 8 4 17
8 Charlton Athletic 10 5 2 3 13 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 17
9 Sheffield Wednesday 10 5 1 4 15 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 3 0 3 10 6 6 16
10 Cardiff City 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 16
11 Queens Park Rangers 10 5 1 4 14 17 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 3 0 2 6 8 -3 16
12 Blackburn Rovers 10 4 2 4 11 11 6 2 2 2 6 5 4 2 0 2 5 6 0 14
13 Hull City 10 3 4 3 14 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 1 13
14 Birmingham City 10 4 1 5 9 13 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 2 0 4 4 10 -4 13
15 Brentford 10 3 3 4 9 8 5 1 3 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 12
16 Derby County 10 2 6 2 13 15 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 1 3 1 7 9 -2 12
17 Luton Town 10 3 2 5 15 18 5 1 2 2 7 10 5 2 0 3 8 8 -3 11
18 Millwall 10 2 5 3 8 13 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 4 2 4 10 -5 11
19 Wigan Athletic 10 3 2 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 3 11 -6 11
20 Middlesbrough 10 2 4 4 10 14 6 2 2 2 5 7 4 0 2 2 5 7 -4 10
21 Reading 10 2 2 6 11 16 5 1 0 4 6 11 5 1 2 2 5 5 -5 8
22 Barnsley 10 1 3 6 7 17 6 1 2 3 7 12 4 0 1 3 0 5 -10 6
23 Huddersfield Town 10 1 2 7 9 18 5 0 1 4 3 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -9 5
24 Stoke City 10 0 2 8 9 21 6 0 1 5 6 13 4 0 1 3 3 8 -12 2

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