All pre-match information for the Reading - Cardiff City game:

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own stadium in the upcoming game hosting Cardiff City.

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (37) at home in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship

The hosts Reading saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Stoke City, was also a home game here at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have collected 25 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-4-9. When Reading hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 3 of 6 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Select Car Leasing Stadium.

A nice win for Reading last time playing, versus Stoke City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Morrison scoring for the victors. Midfield player Swift got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Swift hit two key passes.

1-1 away at Barnsley before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Reading perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reading as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Reading has won eight of these, drawn two and lost four.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 37 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Cardiff City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Cardiff City in their previous game as they lost hosting Swansea City, 0-4. Drameh was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.05. The defender Drameh hit two key passes and won 11 of 16 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Stoke City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Cardiff City wins, four draws and five defeats.

Cardiff find the net regularly in their away games. 24 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. Cardiff City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 33 goals from these trips. When Cardiff City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled previously this season: Cardiff City - Reading 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Reading victories, six draws and zero Cardiff City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
6 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
5 goals

Reading missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 4 18 39
12 7 3 Won W 1 6 13
7 4 2 Drew D 2 4 7
21 9 1 Lost L 1 8 19
47 28 11 Scored S 7 24 45
75 37 8 Conceded C 7 33 60
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 75% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 74%
57% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 72% 56%
38% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 28% 26%
25% 30% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 10%
57% 60% 83% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 51%
12% 15% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 15%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 36%
 
3.8 3.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4.3
5.3 5.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 5.1
1.6 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 10.4 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.3 11.3
3.5 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.9
34% 38% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 29%
 
14.9 13.3 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 12.3 11
5.5 5 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (37) at home 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 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
6 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
7 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
8 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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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 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
6 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
7 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
8 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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