Reading perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Birmingham City can look both up and down from their 16th position.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
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
Reading are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Madejski Stadium. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Reading after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Reading's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Nottingham Forest (placed 21st). The home side are looking to build on that result. 1-1 away at Sheffield Wednesday before that.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reading handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.
There will be little rest for Reading after this match as they are travelling to Queens Park Rangers for a Championship game in only three days.
The Reading fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Reading are not conceding a lot of goals here at Madejski Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Birmingham City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Two travels in a row for Birmingham, whose manager A. Karanka de la Hoz could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Bristol City. A loss against Barnsley was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Birmingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
A new game in only three days for Birmingham, the Championship home match versus Watford. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Birmingham are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Reading wins - draws - Birmingham City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 11 goals |  Y. Meïté 5 goals |  M. Morrison 2 goals |
Reading missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Reading | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 62% | 75% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 38% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 32% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 29% |
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Reading have scored more than double the goals of Birmingham City.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Reading | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Brentford | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Watford | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Millwall | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 23 | Derby County | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
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