Championship match prediction: Little separates Peterborough United and Reading in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Weston Homes Stadium (15314 seats)

Peterborough United are welcoming Reading for another crucial game following their 0-1 result against 11th-placed Preston North End.

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Championship
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-0-6)

It's no vacation for neither Peterborough nor Reading as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United have collected 16 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-4-6. When Peterborough United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Derby County, Swansea City and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Three consecutive losses here at Weston Homes Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Peterborough United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 293 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Clarke-Harris).

The Peterborough United fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Weston Homes Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Preston North End (placed 11th). Ward, a striker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 8.12 (out of 10). Ward hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cardiff City (0-4).

This is expected to be a close game, with Peterborough United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Peterborough United as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Peterborough has won four of these, drawn two and lost five.

Peterborough United are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Derby County awaits in three days.

The Peterborough United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-0-10 (14 played). When Reading is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County and Swansea City is teams we like to compare Peterborough United with. Reading are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Swansea City fixture.

Home advantage was not enough for Reading in their previous game as they lost hosting Coventry City, 2-3. Midfield player Ince was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Ince served one assist and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bristol City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Reading, five draws and one defeat.

The schedule is very tough for Reading now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Preston North End is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the result Reading - Peterborough 3-1 registered in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Peterborough United victories, zero draws and four Reading wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
9 goals
PeterboroughJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
5 goals
ReadingA. Dele-Bashiru
A. Dele-Bashiru
4 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Peterborough United Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 30
5 4 2 Won W 3 4 8
5 4 2 Drew D 0 0 4
19 6 0 Lost L 1 10 18
23 15 7 Scored S 6 13 36
60 18 3 Conceded C 4 26 60
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 77%
62% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 60%
31% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 40%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 27%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
10% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 10%
55% 43% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 33%
 
3.5 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 3.6
5.6 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 5.6
1.7 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.4 10.5
2.9 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3 3.4
28% 29% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 36%
 
14.3 13 10 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 17.9 15.5
4.8 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.4 5.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
18 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
18 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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