Hull City vs Reading: Match guide and preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25504 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Hull City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Reading.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hull City form and stats

When playing at home, Hull City have managed 9 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 19 games. The Hull City fans aren't used to losing here at KCOM Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Hull City has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Hull City, who won 2-0 against Ipswich Town. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Queens Park Rangers that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hull City handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hull City, as the Championship home game vs Wigan Athletic is only four days away.

The Hull City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 19 matches. From these home matches, Hull City have conceded only 18 goals.

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Reading form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Reading as they have only collected 15 points from their 19 away games. Reading only has 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 9 draws.

The supporters enjoyed Reading's previous game versus Preston North End, a Championship 2-1 win played at home. A 0-0 draw at Stoke 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 2 wins, 10 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 21 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 15 times from 19 away games. 27 goals have been conceded by Reading in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Reading - Hull City 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Hull City, 4 draws and 2 wins for Reading.

Top Goalscorers

J. Bowen
21 goals / 4 assists
F. Campbell
11 goals / 4 assists
Y. Meïté
8 goals / 1 assists

Hull City missing players

Reading missing players

Hull City Reading
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 39
56 31 Scored 15 42
56 18 Conceded 27 57
97% 95% Over 0.5 79% 87%
82% 79% Over 1.5 63% 72%
51% 42% Over 2.5 42% 54%
31% 26% Over 3.5 26% 28%
18% 11% Over 4.5 11% 13%
46% 42% Both teams to score 53% 56%
28% 42% Clean Sheet 21% 18%
28% 21% Failed To Score 47% 38%

  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 39 24 9 6 78 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 30 81
2 Leeds United 39 23 7 9 66 41 20 13 3 4 35 18 19 10 4 5 31 23 25 76
3 Sheffield United 39 22 8 9 66 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 19 9 5 5 29 21 29 74
4 West Bromwich Albion 39 20 10 9 75 50 20 9 7 4 44 27 19 11 3 5 31 23 25 70
5 Bristol City 38 17 10 11 49 40 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 61
6 Aston Villa 39 15 15 9 70 55 20 9 8 3 46 33 19 6 7 6 24 22 15 60
7 Derby County 38 16 11 11 52 45 20 10 7 3 31 19 18 6 4 8 21 26 7 59
8 Middlesbrough 39 15 13 11 40 33 20 7 6 7 19 16 19 8 7 4 21 17 7 58
9 Nottingham Forest 39 14 15 10 54 45 20 11 4 5 29 19 19 3 11 5 25 26 9 57
10 Preston North End 39 15 12 12 59 52 19 7 9 3 34 24 20 8 3 9 25 28 7 57
11 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 14 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 20 6 6 8 21 29 -3 56
12 Hull City 39 15 9 15 56 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 20 6 4 10 25 38 0 54
13 Brentford 39 13 11 15 60 53 19 11 3 5 40 20 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 50
14 Swansea City 38 14 8 16 49 48 18 9 4 5 29 20 20 5 4 11 20 28 1 50
15 Stoke City 39 10 18 11 37 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 48
16 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 11 16 53 62 19 8 6 5 26 18 20 4 5 11 27 44 -9 47
17 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 8 19 46 61 20 8 3 9 28 28 19 4 5 10 18 33 -15 44
18 Birmingham City 39 12 14 13 55 52 19 6 8 5 26 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 3 41
19 Reading 39 9 13 17 42 57 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -15 40
20 Wigan Athletic 39 10 10 19 41 57 20 9 7 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 40
21 Millwall 38 9 10 19 43 58 18 6 6 6 22 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -15 37
22 Rotherham United 39 7 15 17 41 67 19 6 8 5 27 30 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 39 8 8 23 28 64 19 4 4 11 12 28 20 4 4 12 16 36 -36 32
24 Ipswich Town 39 3 15 21 30 64 20 2 10 8 18 27 19 1 5 13 12 37 -34 24

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