Betting preview: Hull City vs Reading should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Hull City - Reading: Championship basement dwellers hungry for points and glory. Here are all the relevant statistics and information before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hull City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Hull City have only managed 6 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses from their games here at KCOM Stadium.

Hull City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Millwall (1-2). Hull City's goalkeeper Baxter was extremely busy against Millwall, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Before that, Hull had a home game versus Cardiff City which ended with a victory 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hull City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost two.

Hull City have scored 18 league goals here from 21 matches, not a lot. Hull's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 21 points from 21 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 6 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws.

There were no winners in Reading's previous match, the home game that ended 4-4 vs Swansea City (placed 13th). The match against Swansea City looked like a defeat for Reading, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 4-4. McIntyre equalized in the 90th minute. João has bagged at least one goal for the away side three fixtures in a row. The ability! The attacker João got a match rating of 9.11 in that game. João scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sheffield United at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reading playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Reading wins, six draws and one defeat.

Reading's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 39 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Reading - Hull City 1-1. Hull-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hull City five wins, Reading one win, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
10 goals
Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
9 goals

Hull City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
13 6 2 Won W 2 6 13
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
22 12 3 Lost L 2 12 22
37 18 7 Scored S 5 21 54
48 27 8 Conceded C 5 39 82
91% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 98%
65% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 76% 77%
28% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 60%
12% 14% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 37%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 26%
30% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 60%
33% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 12%
47% 48% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 30%
 
4.8 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.9 3.8
4.9 4.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.1 5.3
1.7 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.1 10.2
3.1 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.5
28% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 36%
 
13 12.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 16.2 14.5
4.6 5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.8 5.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hull City have the fewest points (21) at home in Championship
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 30

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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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 30

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