Championship match preview: Reading versus Brentford

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 41 points and a 20th position in the Championship table. Visiting Brentford holds 14th place with 54 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Reading nor Brentford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Reading form and stats

7-4-9 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Reading so far this season.

Reading drew their last game, 2-2 away at Norwich City. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Hull City.

Reading has scored 27 goals at home this season, in 20 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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Brentford form and stats

There's been little loot from Brentford's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 20 away games. Brentford only has 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 8 draws.

Brentford are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Ipswich Town. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Derby County.

Brentford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 20 games. In the opposite end, Brentford have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Brentford - Reading 2-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 2 - 2 - 5 (Reading wins - draws - Brentford wins).

Top Goalscorers

Reading missing players

Brentford missing players

Reading Brentford
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
45 27 Scored 20 65
62 30 Conceded 33 56
88% 95% Over 0.5 90% 95%
73% 80% Over 1.5 80% 80%
56% 65% Over 2.5 40% 46%
32% 30% Over 3.5 25% 32%
12% 15% Over 4.5 15% 22%
59% 60% Both teams to score 60% 59%
17% 15% Clean Sheet 10% 22%
37% 30% Failed To Score 40% 24%
Key stats this season:
  • Reading is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 41 25 10 6 84 50 21 14 3 4 47 31 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 85
2 Leeds United 41 24 7 10 68 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 79
3 Sheffield United 41 23 9 9 68 38 20 13 3 4 37 16 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 78
4 West Bromwich Albion 41 20 10 11 77 55 20 9 7 4 44 27 21 11 3 7 33 28 22 70
5 Aston Villa 41 17 15 9 75 57 20 9 8 3 46 33 21 8 7 6 29 24 18 66
6 Bristol City 40 18 11 11 54 44 21 8 7 6 27 23 19 10 4 5 27 21 10 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 16 13 12 43 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 7 61
8 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 50 20 10 7 3 31 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 5 60
9 Hull City 41 17 9 15 61 58 21 11 5 5 36 20 20 6 4 10 25 38 3 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 14 12 52 54 21 9 8 4 31 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -2 59
11 Nottingham Forest 41 14 15 12 55 50 20 11 4 5 29 19 21 3 11 7 26 31 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 15 12 14 59 55 21 7 9 5 34 27 20 8 3 9 25 28 4 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 8 16 55 50 20 11 4 5 35 22 20 5 4 11 20 28 5 56
14 Brentford 41 14 12 15 65 56 21 12 4 5 45 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 9 54
15 Stoke City 41 11 18 12 39 45 20 8 6 6 20 18 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 41 13 11 17 55 63 21 9 6 6 28 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 13 15 13 57 53 21 7 9 5 28 21 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 45
18 Queens Park Rangers 41 12 9 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -19 45
19 Millwall 40 10 11 19 45 58 20 7 7 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 41
20 Reading 41 9 14 18 45 62 20 7 4 9 27 30 21 2 10 9 18 32 -17 41
21 Wigan Athletic 41 10 11 20 44 61 20 9 7 4 25 19 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 41
22 Rotherham United 41 8 15 18 44 70 21 7 8 6 30 33 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 41 8 8 25 29 68 21 4 4 13 13 32 20 4 4 12 16 36 -39 32
24 Ipswich Town 41 4 15 22 32 67 20 2 10 8 18 27 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 27

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