Nottingham Forest vs Reading match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: City Ground (30603 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Nottingham Forest leading Reading by 10 points.

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 Nottingham Forest and Reading.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

The Nottingham Forest crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Hull City here at City Ground in a Championship match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Wigan Athletic.

The Nottingham Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Nottingham Forest have only conceded 3 from their league home games. 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 6 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

Reading are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th). Before that, Reading secured a home win against Preston North End with the score 1-0.

Reading have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Reading have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nottingham Forest won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Reading has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
5 goals / 1 assists
Nottingham ForestJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
3 goals / 1 assists
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
3 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Reading missing players

Nottingham Forest Reading
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 7 13
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 3 3 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 3 7
17 8 2 Scored S 4 7 14
12 5 2 Conceded C 4 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 77%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 46%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
62% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 54%
31% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
5.2 7.5 9.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5.9 5.7
6.5 4.5 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.5
2 1.5 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Nottingham Forest
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
27-09-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 3 Nottingham Forest
01-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
05-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Brentford
20-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
23-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Hull City
26-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 16:00 Reading
02-11-19 CH Luton Town 16:00 Nottingham Forest
09-11-19 CH Nottingham Forest 13:30 Derby County
23-11-19 CH Bristol City 16:00 Nottingham Forest
27-11-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 20:45 Nottingham Forest
Reading
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
28-09-19 CH Swansea City 1 - 1 Reading
01-10-19 CH Reading 1 - 4 Fulham
05-10-19 CH Bristol City 1 - 0 Reading
19-10-19 CH Reading 1 - 0 Preston North End
22-10-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 2 - 2 Reading
26-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 16:00 Reading
02-11-19 CH Reading 16:00 Millwall
09-11-19 CH Reading 16:00 Luton Town
23-11-19 CH Brentford 16:00 Reading
26-11-19 CH Reading 21:00 Leeds United

  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 13 7 5 1 24 15 6 3 3 0 15 10 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 26
2 Leeds United 13 7 3 3 17 8 6 3 2 1 5 3 7 4 1 2 12 5 9 24
3 Sheffield Wednesday 13 7 2 4 18 10 6 4 1 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 23
4 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 23 23 7 3 2 2 14 13 6 4 0 2 9 10 0 23
5 Preston North End 13 6 4 3 24 14 7 5 2 0 19 7 6 1 2 3 5 7 10 22
6 Nottingham Forest 12 6 4 2 16 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 22
7 Swansea City 13 6 4 3 17 13 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 22
8 Charlton Athletic 12 6 3 3 18 12 7 4 1 2 10 5 5 2 2 1 8 7 6 21
9 Bristol City 12 5 5 2 18 16 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 3 3 1 12 11 2 20
10 Fulham 12 5 4 3 20 12 6 3 2 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 19
11 Birmingham City 13 6 1 6 12 15 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 2 0 5 4 11 -3 19
12 Brentford 13 5 3 5 15 11 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 0 4 7 6 4 18
13 Cardiff City 13 4 6 3 19 19 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 0 4 3 9 15 0 18
14 Blackburn Rovers 13 4 3 6 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 15
15 Derby County 12 3 6 3 15 18 6 2 3 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 7 12 -3 15
16 Millwall 13 3 6 4 14 19 6 3 2 1 8 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -5 15
17 Luton Town 12 4 2 6 18 20 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 2 0 4 8 10 -2 14
18 Wigan Athletic 12 4 2 6 10 16 6 4 1 1 7 4 6 0 1 5 3 12 -6 14
19 Hull City 12 3 4 5 16 19 7 2 2 3 10 12 5 1 2 2 6 7 -3 13
20 Reading 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 0 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 8 -5 12
21 Middlesbrough 12 2 4 6 11 17 7 2 2 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 6 9 -6 10
22 Huddersfield Town 12 2 3 7 14 20 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 1 2 3 8 11 -6 9
23 Stoke City 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 1 5 8 13 6 1 1 4 5 10 -10 8
24 Barnsley 13 1 5 7 11 25 7 1 3 3 8 13 6 0 2 4 3 12 -14 8

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