Evenly matched teams: Reading vs Birmingham City match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 05.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24200 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Reading holding 20th place and Birmingham City lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Reading form and stats

When playing at home, Reading have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 22 games.

Reading lost their last game at Middlesbrough after a 1-2 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus West Bromwich Albion.

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 Reading have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 4 Lost 1.

Reading has scored 29 goals at home this season, in 22 matches. On the other hand, Reading have conceded 31 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team this season.

Birmingham City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Wigan Athletic in their previous match; a Championship game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Rotherham United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham City playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 5 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Birmingham City's attacking play in away games, having scored 33 goals in 22 away matches. In the opposite end, Birmingham City have conceded 34 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Birmingham City - Reading 2-1, played this season. Reading-Birmingham City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reading 3 wins, Birmingham City 6 wins, 1 draw.

Reading missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Reading Birmingham City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played 6 22 45
10 8 2 Won 4 7 14
16 5 2 Drew 1 7 18
19 9 2 Lost 1 8 13
49 29 9 Scored 13 33 64
66 31 8 Conceded 6 34 58
87% 91% 100% Over 0.5 100% 95% 91%
73% 77% 67% Over 1.5 83% 77% 73%
56% 64% 50% Over 2.5 50% 55% 49%
29% 27% 50% Over 3.5 33% 41% 36%
11% 14% 17% Over 4.5 17% 18% 11%
60% 59% 67% BTTS 50% 64% 58%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 18% 24%
36% 32% 33% Failed To Score 17% 23% 27%
 
4.5 4.5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5.2 5.6
6.1 5.6 6 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 5.5 4.6
1.8 2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 2.4 1.8
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Birmingham City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Reading is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 CH Reading 0 - 3 Leeds United
16-03-19 CH Stoke City 0 - 0 Reading
30-03-19 CH Reading 2 - 1 Preston North End
06-04-19 CH Hull City 3 - 1 Reading
10-04-19 CH Norwich City 2 - 2 Reading
13-04-19 CH Reading 2 - 1 Brentford
19-04-19 CH Bristol City 1 - 1 Reading
22-04-19 CH Reading 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
27-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Reading
05-05-19 CH Reading 11:30 Birmingham City
Birmingham City
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
13-03-19 CH Birmingham City 0 - 2 Millwall
16-03-19 CH Preston North End 1 - 0 Birmingham City
29-03-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 3 - 2 Birmingham City
06-04-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 0 Leeds United
10-04-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 1 Sheffield United
13-04-19 CH Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Birmingham City
19-04-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 2 Derby County
22-04-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 3 Birmingham City
27-04-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 1 Wigan Athletic
05-05-19 CH Reading 11:30 Birmingham City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 45 26 13 6 91 56 23 15 4 4 51 34 22 11 9 2 40 22 35 91
2 Sheffield United 45 26 10 9 76 39 23 15 4 4 42 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 37 88
3 Leeds United 45 25 8 12 71 47 23 14 4 5 38 21 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 45 23 11 11 86 59 23 12 7 4 53 31 22 11 4 7 33 28 27 80
5 Aston Villa 45 20 16 9 81 59 22 11 8 3 49 34 23 9 8 6 32 25 22 76
6 Derby County 44 19 13 12 65 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 22 7 6 9 28 33 13 70
7 Middlesbrough 45 19 13 13 47 40 23 10 6 7 23 17 22 9 7 6 24 23 7 70
8 Bristol City 44 18 12 14 56 51 23 8 8 7 28 26 21 10 4 7 28 25 5 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 45 16 16 13 59 60 22 10 8 4 33 25 23 6 8 9 26 35 -1 64
10 Nottingham Forest 45 16 15 14 60 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 6 63
11 Swansea City 44 18 9 17 62 59 22 12 5 5 41 27 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 63
12 Preston North End 45 16 13 16 67 64 23 8 10 5 41 30 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 61
13 Hull City 45 17 10 18 65 67 22 11 5 6 36 23 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 61
14 Blackburn Rovers 45 16 11 18 62 67 22 10 6 6 30 19 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 45 11 21 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 54
17 Birmingham City 45 14 18 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 51
18 Wigan Athletic 45 12 13 20 50 64 22 10 8 4 28 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -14 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 9 23 51 70 23 9 3 11 33 31 22 4 6 12 18 39 -19 48
20 Reading 45 10 16 19 49 66 22 8 5 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 46
21 Millwall 44 10 14 20 47 61 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 44
22 Rotherham United 45 8 16 21 51 81 22 7 8 7 31 36 23 1 8 14 20 45 -30 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 45 4 16 25 33 75 22 2 11 9 19 29 23 2 5 16 14 46 -42 28

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56% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 56%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 22%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 67%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 1.7
0.5 1 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 3.3
1.5 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 10 10 Total Shots T S 0 0 27
7 7 7 Shots on Target S O 0 0 12
71% 43% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
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