Championship: Reading - Bristol City pre-match thoughts and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24161 seats)

This should be yet another entertaining meeting at Madejski Stadium in the Championship. Reading is in 13th position and receive Bristol City in 17th place. Read about the fixture here!

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 only played one Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

A nice win for Reading last time playing, versus Preston North End. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with John Swift and Femi Azeez scoring for the victors. Midfield player John Swift got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Swift scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Swansea City that was lost 0-3.

Reading are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Coventry City awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Reading at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bristol City form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Championship ended in defeat. Last season Bristol City had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 8, drew 3 and lost 12.

Bristol play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Middlesbrough (placed 7th). Matty James got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. James served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Bristol travelled to Forest Green Rovers (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Carabao Cup game finished 2-2.

A new game in only three days for Bristol, the Championship home match versus Swansea City. Busy days.

1 goal so far away for Bristol City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: Reading won five, Bristol City triumphed in four and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
2 goals
ReadingL. Moore
L. Moore
1 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
1 goals

Reading missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 2 2 Scored S 0 1 2
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1.5
9 12 12 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 2.5
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 10
4.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
44% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
Reading Last season Bristol City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
19 12   Won W   8 15
13 4   Drew D   3 6
14 7   Lost L   12 25
62 37   Scored S   28 46
54 27   Conceded C   38 68
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
76% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 74%
50% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 46%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
52% 52%   BTTS BTTS   57% 46%
37% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 22%
22% 13%   Failed to Score F T   30% 39%
 
4.2 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.3
4.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.9
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.9 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 7.7
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.5
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
2 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Cardiff City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Middlesbrough 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Stoke City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Barnsley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Luton Town 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
13 Reading 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Millwall 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Derby County 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
20 Sheffield United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
21 Blackpool 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
23 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Preston North End 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
Last season 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 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
2 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Cardiff City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Middlesbrough 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Stoke City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Barnsley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Luton Town 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
13 Reading 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Millwall 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Derby County 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
20 Sheffield United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
21 Blackpool 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
23 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Preston North End 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0

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