Reading vs Cardiff City: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 16.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24161 seats)

The Reading & Cardiff City managers V. Paunovic and M. McCarthy are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.

Insights:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff City have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Championship

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Cardiff City are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Reading form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Reading are 12-1-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Reading are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Watford. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Derby County in a game that was won 3-1.

Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Madejski Stadium with 32 goals in 20 league matches. Reading have conceded 22 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Cardiff played 2-2 against Blackburn Rovers in their previous match. A 0-5 defeat away at Sheffield Wednesday before that.

As mentioned above, Cardiff drew the match against Blackburn Rovers. Manager M. McCarthy brought on Joe Ralls to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

The schedule is very tough for Cardiff now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Brentford is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Cardiff City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Cardiff in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Cardiff City - Reading 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Reading won four, Cardiff City won zero and six draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
19 goals
Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
16 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
9 goals

Reading missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 20 41
19 12 3 Won W 3 9 16
9 1 0 Drew D 1 6 11
13 7 2 Lost L 1 5 14
56 32 8 Scored S 6 23 57
45 22 6 Conceded C 5 21 45
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 93%
76% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 70% 76%
49% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 46%
20% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 24%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
49% 45% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 45% 46%
39% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 40% 34%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.9 11.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.2 11
4.2 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.3 4
33% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Championship
  • 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 Norwich City 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
4 Swansea City 40 21 9 10 48 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 20 10 4 6 25 19 17 72
5 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
6 AFC Bournemouth 40 19 11 10 64 39 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 6 8 5 24 18 25 68
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 40 15 11 14 47 47 21 10 4 7 28 23 19 5 7 7 19 24 0 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 40 11 11 18 42 60 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 3 5 12 16 41 -18 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 37 10 6 21 38 51 18 4 3 11 21 29 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 36
23 Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 8 21 34 52 19 7 6 6 20 14 21 4 2 15 14 38 -18 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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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 Norwich City 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
4 Swansea City 40 21 9 10 48 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 20 10 4 6 25 19 17 72
5 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
6 AFC Bournemouth 40 19 11 10 64 39 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 6 8 5 24 18 25 68
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 40 15 11 14 47 47 21 10 4 7 28 23 19 5 7 7 19 24 0 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 40 11 11 18 42 60 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 3 5 12 16 41 -18 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 37 10 6 21 38 51 18 4 3 11 21 29 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 36
23 Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 8 21 34 52 19 7 6 6 20 14 21 4 2 15 14 38 -18 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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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.