A home win is predicted from this match if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Fulham regulars are confident that the difference between 1st and Reading's 18th position in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- Fulham have the most scored goals (17) in Championship
- Reading have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fulham and Reading.
Fulham form and stats
Seven points from three Championship home games is a great start for Fulham, who are hoping to build on that form here at Craven Cottage. Fulham has recorded two wins in a row here at Craven Cottage, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
It's back home for Fulham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Birmingham City away with the result 4-1. Denis Odoi, Aleksandar Mitrović (2) and Harry Wilson found the net in that victory. The versatile forward Harry Wilson bested all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.62 out of 10. Wilson scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes. Fulham goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga did an outstanding job against Birmingham City with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Heartbreak before that as Fulham lost 0-1 at Blackpool's place.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fulham home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Leeds United in only three days. This game is also played here at Craven Cottage.
Goals decide football matches and Fulham are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Fulham have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Reading form and stats
No Championship points yet away for Reading, from their first 3 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Reading are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Reading go into this game after a win, the home game against Peterborough United that ended 3-1. Midfielder Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.81. Dele-Bashiru scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Queens Park Rangers.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Reading played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Reading have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Reading can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Fulham 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
  J. Swift 7 goals |   A. Mitrović 6 goals |  F. Carvalho 3 goals |
Fulham missing players
Reading missing players
| Fulham | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 16 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
| 6.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 54% |
- All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Reading's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Fulham have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fulham have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals (17) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Fulham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fulham is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Reading have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Reading have lost all their away matches so far.
- Reading have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Championship
- Reading have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Championship
- Reading have won significantly more corners away than at 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Millwall | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Reading | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Hull City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 24 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
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