Soccer match preview: Burnley confident before travelling to Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

The season has been demanding for Reading so far, while Burnley have taken lots of points. Will the visiting team triumph again at Select Car Leasing Stadium?

Insights:
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (78) in Championship

Reading and Burnley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Reading form and stats

10-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Reading, who have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship, so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Reading.

The supporters are hoping that Reading will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Preston North End (placed 7th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league fixtures. Heartbreak for Reading in their last match as Preston North End's Potts scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Guinness-Walker was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Guinness-Walker served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Reading drew at home versus Birmingham City.

Goals from both teams! That has occurred in 5 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Luton Town in only four days. This game is also played here at Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 29 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Reading have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Burnley form and stats

Burnley's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Burnley collect 39 points from their 19 away matches in the Championship. 11 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley as they haven't lost any of their last 20 games.

Burnley won their last game, 2-0 versus Sheffield United played at home. Guðmundsson got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Guðmundsson scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Middlesbrough at their stadium, the result 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Burnley manager Kompany as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rotherham United.

The travelling fans enjoy Burnley's attacking play in away games, having scored 33 goals in 19 league matches away. Burnley are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 17 times in 19 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Burnley - Reading 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading six wins, two draws and Burnley two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BurnleyN. Tella
N. Tella
17 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
BurnleyJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
9 goals

Reading missing players

Burnley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Burnley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 19 40
13 10 2 Won W 3 11 26
8 5 1 Drew D 3 6 12
20 5 3 Lost L 0 2 2
43 29 6 Scored S 11 33 78
62 22 5 Conceded C 3 17 30
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 95%
73% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 68% 78%
54% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 50%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 21% 22%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 16% 12%
51% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 52%
17% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 37% 45%
34% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 11% 8%
 
4.2 4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 5.8
5.1 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 3.8
2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 10.4 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.9 13.1
3 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4.8
35% 43% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 42% 41%
 
12.2 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.7 8.6
3.8 3 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.1 2.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Burnley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Burnley have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Championship
  • Burnley have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Championship
  • Burnley have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most clean sheets (19) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most points (39) away in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (78) in Championship
  • Burnley have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+48) in Championship
  • Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • 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 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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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 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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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.