Football news and preview: Preston North End odds-on when Reading visit

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End have claimed 23 of their 45 in total here in the safety of their own home. Will more points be won against Reading?

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-1-5)

The visiting Reading played their last game only three days ago, a Championship match. That game, against Peterborough United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Reading.

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Preston North End form and stats

The Championship results playing at home this season for Preston North End are 5-8-2 (wins-draws-losses). So many draws at home for Preston North End, an amazing four in a row now.

The Preston goalkeeper Daniel Iversen is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 369 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for Preston North End, who won 1-0 against Peterborough United (placed 22nd). Iversen, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.43 out of 10 in that game. Iversen topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Huddersfield Town.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Preston, as the Championship home game vs Nottingham Forest is only three days away.

The Preston North End fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Preston have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Reading are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Swansea City fixture.

Reading are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Peterborough United (placed 22nd). Hein was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.15. The agile goalkeeper Hein topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Coventry City.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Birmingham City in just three days.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head encounter ended Reading - Preston North End 2-1, played this season. Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Preston North End won three, Reading triumphed in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
12 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
9 goals
PrestonB. Whiteman
B. Whiteman
4 goals

Preston North End missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 7 Played P 5 15 31
11 5 2 Won W 1 4 8
12 8 3 Drew D 0 1 5
9 2 2 Lost L 4 10 18
35 20 8 Scored S 6 13 36
35 17 10 Conceded C 9 26 60
84% 87% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
66% 80% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 74%
44% 47% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 58%
19% 27% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 27% 39%
6% 7% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 13% 26%
53% 73% 71% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 55%
31% 27% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 13%
31% 13% 14% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 35%
 
4.7 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 3.5
4.9 5.2 5.1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 5.7
1.8 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 11.9 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.3 10.5
3.1 4 4.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 3.4
35% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 28% 34%
 
11.8 12.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 21.6 17.9 15.5
3.2 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.4 6.5 5.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 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 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
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 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 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 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 31 8 5 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 15 4 1 10 13 26 -24 23
22 Peterborough United 30 5 6 19 23 60 15 4 5 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 21
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

Preston North End:
Reading:
Championship:
England:
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 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 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 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
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 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 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 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 31 8 5 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 15 4 1 10 13 26 -24 23
22 Peterborough United 30 5 6 19 23 60 15 4 5 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 21
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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