Reading hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 18th position in the Championship table. Visiting Birmingham City holds 13th place with 28 pts.
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.
Reading form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Reading have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 10 games. Reading are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Madejski Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The Reading crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Birmingham City here at Madejski Stadium in a Championship match. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Wigan Athletic.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reading handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D0-L3.
Reading has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Reading defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Birmingham City, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Reading. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Millwall.
Birmingham City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
Birmingham City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Birmingham City have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Reading - Birmingham City 2-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 2 - 5 (Reading wins - draws - Birmingham City wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
G. Puşcaş
6 goals
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L. Jutkiewicz
4 goals
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Y. Meïté
3 goals
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Reading missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Reading | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 65% |
| 53% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 40% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 15% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 15% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 50% |
| 21% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 20% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 243 | 131 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 118 | 248 |
| 78 | 42 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 77 |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 29% |
- Birmingham City has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Fulham | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Hull City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Millwall | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 16 | Derby County | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Luton Town | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | |||||||