Can Reading beat Derby County in Madejski Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24161 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Reading fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and Derby County's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Reading have the fewest matches under the total-line (15) in Championship
  • Derby County have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Reading nor Derby County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have collected 34 points from their Championship home games so far after 11-1-7.

Reading shared the glory with Barnsley in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the match before that, Reading hosted Queens Park Rangers and drew the game 1-1.

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 16 games. Reading has won nine of these, drawn two and lost five.

There will be little rest for Reading after this match as they are travelling to Watford for a Championship game in only four days.

The Reading fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 19 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have only collected 19 points from their away games in the Championship, after 5-4-10 (19 played).

Derby County go into this game after a win, the home game against Luton Town that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, the County manager W. Rooney faced defeat when travelling to Stoke City and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Derby County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Derby County, two draws and nine defeats.

The attacking power of County when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 19 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Derby County - Reading 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading three wins, three draws and Derby County four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
18 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
9 goals
Derby CountyC. Kazim-Richards
C. Kazim-Richards
7 goals

Reading missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
18 11 4 Won W 1 5 11
9 1 0 Drew D 3 4 10
12 7 2 Lost L 2 10 18
53 29 11 Scored S 3 13 29
42 21 5 Conceded C 7 22 42
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 92%
74% 84% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 54%
49% 63% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 26%
18% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 10%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
49% 42% 17% BTTS BTTS 33% 26% 28%
41% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 32% 31%
21% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 49%
 
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 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.8 10
4.2 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.2 2.7
33% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Derby County have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Championship
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
  • Reading have the fewest matches under the total-line (15) 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 Norwich City 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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