Which side will win when Coventry City travel to Reading? In this preview you'll learn all the relevant news and data necessary to get smart.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Championship
Reading form and stats
6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Reading have to build on here at Select Car Leasing Stadium in the Championship.
Reading enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hull City's place. The match ended 2-1 with Méïté scoring. Sweet to taste a league win after four games without. Midfielder Hoilett was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Hoilett hit three key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Watford (0-2).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 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
The Reading fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Coventry City form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Coventry City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Coventry City hope to make it five in this match.
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. Coventry goalkeeper Ben Wilson is eager to challenge this, with his 370 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Gyökeres (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Queens Park Rangers in their previous game. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Gyökeres and that is solid stuff! Midfielder Eccles was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Eccles hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Coventry City secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coventry City playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 2 Coventry City wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 11 of this side's latest 13 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
Coventry City have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Coventry in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Reading won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Coventry City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Gyökeres 9 goals |   L. Santos João 4 goals |  T. Ince 4 goals |
Reading missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Reading | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 89% |
| 76% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 57% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 32% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 35% | 44% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 10.9 | 9.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals (18) 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 | Burnley | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | Watford | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Millwall | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Reading | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Hull City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
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