Football match preview: Bristol City vs Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Fixate on their own playing style or look more at the opposing team? Both Bristol City and Reading should try something more fresh than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are active days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Blackpool.

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Bristol City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. When Bristol City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 3 of 3 matches! Two home wins in a row for Bristol City bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager Pearson led his Bristol to a defeat away at Blackpool. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ashton Gate Stadium. Midfield player Dasilva got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Dasilva served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).

2-2 away at Preston North End before that.

Bristol City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Swansea City awaits in four days.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-9 (win-draw-lose). When Reading is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County and Peterborough United is teams we like to compare Bristol City with. It's looking increasingly bleak for Reading who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Derby County was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Reading play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th). Ejaria got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Ejaria dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 33 total).

Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Huddersfield Town.

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

A new game in only three days for Reading, the Championship home match versus Coventry City. Busy days.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline featuring both these sides is the Reading - Bristol City 2-3 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bristol won five games, one match ended in a draw and Reading got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
14 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
8 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
8 goals

Bristol City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 13 28
9 5 3 Won W 2 4 8
7 5 0 Drew D 0 0 4
14 5 0 Lost L 1 9 16
39 18 6 Scored S 3 12 33
54 19 3 Conceded C 2 24 55
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 75%
63% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 57%
33% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 39%
23% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 25%
70% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 54%
10% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 11%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 36%
 
4.3 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.5
5.8 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 5.7
1.8 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.2 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.9 10.3
3.3 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.9 3.3
39% 36% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 35%
 
13.9 13.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 18.4 15.8
4.6 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.6 5.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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.