The visiting Reading side should be favourites in this visit to Queens Park Rangers, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
Queens Park Rangers have played 8 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
QPR shared the glory with Millwall in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Queens Park Rangers lost 0-2 at Huddersfield Town's place.
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 Queens Park Rangers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost ten.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Queens Park Rangers as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Stoke City are visiting.
QPR has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Reading form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Reading has drawn their two previous away games.
Reading's previous game was their home loss versus Birmingham City (1-2). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Nottingham Forest.
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 six Reading wins, four draws and one defeat.
A new game in only four days for Reading, the Championship home match versus Norwich City. Busy days.
Reading are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (QPR wins - draws - Reading wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 11 goals |  Y. Meïté 6 goals |   I. Chair 5 goals |
Queens Park Rangers missing players
Reading missing players
| Queens Park Rangers | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 24% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 38% | 18% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 41% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 12.9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 32% | 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 41% | 33% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Watford | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Reading | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Brentford | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 12 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
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