Football betting preview: Leeds United favourites when Reading visits

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Leeds United have performed better than Reading so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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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Leeds United form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship, have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.

Leeds United's last game was hosting Bristol City (placed 7th) and winning 1-0. Before that, Leeds United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Brentford.

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 Leeds United home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager M. Bielsa Caldera will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Middlesbrough in only four days.

The Leeds United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Leeds United have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors are W5-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

It's the second away game in a row for Reading, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Sheffield Wednesday (placed 12th) in the Championship last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus West Bromwich Albion.

You'll want to know how Reading managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and zero home wins.

A new game in only four days for Reading, the Championship home match versus Wigan Athletic. Busy days.

Reading have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Reading - Leeds United 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leeds United six wins, two draws and Reading two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
12 goals
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
8 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
6 goals

Leeds United missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leeds United Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 7 Played P 6 17 33
17 9 3 Won W 2 5 11
8 4 2 Drew D 2 7 9
8 3 2 Lost L 2 5 13
48 23 10 Scored S 6 20 41
30 13 9 Conceded C 5 16 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
70% 62% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 76%
30% 25% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 29% 42%
15% 19% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 15%
9% 12% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
42% 38% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 52%
39% 44% 29% Clean Sheets C S 17% 24% 27%
21% 19% 29% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 24%
 
7.9 8.2 8.1 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.3
4.2 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.9 5.5
1.6 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
544 277 134 Total Shots T S 70 185 409
173 91 43 Shots on Target S O 20 59 126
28% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 34% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (10)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (23)
  • Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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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 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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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.