Home advantage could prove decisive in Reading - Blackpool battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading have won 30 of their 41 in total here in their own stadium fortress. Will they win more points against Blackpool?

Insights:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game, against Blackburn Rovers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Blackpool.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have performed here at Select Car Leasing Stadium this season with 9 wins from 15 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.

Reading lost their last game at Cardiff City (placed 21st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak for Reading in their last match as Cardiff City's Sawyers scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Rotherham United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reading handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 24 goals in 15 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-5-9 (17 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Blackpool in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Hull City.

Blackpool lost away at Blackburn Rovers (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Nelson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.82. Nelson won 4 of 12 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Stoke City.

We have checked recent matches where Blackpool have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blackpool struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Blackpool - Reading 1-0 was the story when this pair of squads previously met, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Reading victories, two draws and four Blackpool wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
9 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
7 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
5 goals

Reading missing players

Blackpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Blackpool
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 17 33
12 9 4 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 10
15 3 0 Lost L 2 9 16
35 24 11 Scored S 4 15 32
47 17 6 Conceded C 5 27 48
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
72% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 61%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 45%
25% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 21%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
47% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 45%
22% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 21%
34% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 42%
 
4.7 4.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 4.2
4.9 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.4 6.1
2.1 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 7 9
 
10 10.9 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.9 10.1
3 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.8
36% 47% 79% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 34%
 
12 10.9 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.4 14.5
3.5 2.9 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.