Championship match preview: Reading versus Brentford

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 30.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24161 seats)

Reading will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Brentford.

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.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have collected 24 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-3-9.

In their previous game, the manager M. Bowen led his Reading to a defeat in the Championship match away at Derby County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Madejski Stadium. Before that, Reading drew at home versus Stoke City.

There will be little rest for Reading after this match as they are travelling to Luton Town for a Championship game in only four days.

Reading has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Reading have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Brentford form and stats

8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Brentford, who have the most scored goals (67) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Brentford goalkeeper David Raya Martin is eager to challenge this, with his 315 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Brentford's previous game versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 2nd), a Championship 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fulham at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wigan Athletic in just four days.

Brentford has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 20 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Brentford - Reading 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading three wins, two draws and Brentford five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordO. Watkins
O. Watkins
23 goals
BrentfordB. Mbeumo
B. Mbeumo
14 goals
BrentfordM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
11 goals

Reading missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 7 20 39
13 7 3 Won W 3 8 19
10 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
16 9 3 Lost L 3 8 11
48 24 10 Scored S 12 30 67
45 25 8 Conceded C 6 18 33
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
77% 79% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 65% 64%
44% 53% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 45% 46%
15% 16% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 25% 31%
5% 11% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 13%
51% 47% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 40% 44%
26% 32% 43% Clean Sheets C S 29% 30% 33%
26% 21% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 35% 28%
 
5.1 5.8 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.9 6.1 6.3
5.4 5.1 6.1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.9 4.3 4.3
1.6 1.4 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.3 1.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
456 245 85 Total Shots T S 89 255 530
147 77 28 Shots on Target S O 35 89 189
33% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 34% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Brentford has the most scored goals (67)
  • Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
  • Brentford has the the best goal difference (+34)
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • 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 Leeds United 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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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 Leeds United 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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