Championship fixture sneak peek: Reading versus Huddersfield Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading have had trouble finding points this season. Can the team get something to cheer about when Huddersfield Town visit Select Car Leasing Stadium?

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Reading have less rest than Huddersfield Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Select Car Leasing Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Huddersfield Town have had more rest.

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Reading form and stats

The total Championship results at home this season for Reading are 4-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). Reading are slowly digging their own grave here at Select Car Leasing Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Barnsley match.

The Reading fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Select Car Leasing Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Luton Town (placed 11th). Drinkwater (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Drinkwater dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 72 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Middlesbrough.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 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 27 from these games.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Huddersfield Town's last game was the home draw against Swansea City (1-1).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Burnley.

The visiting Huddersfield Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 14 games. Huddersfield Town have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the final score Huddersfield Town - Reading 4-0 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Reading victories, three draws and three Huddersfield Town 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
8 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
7 goals
ReadingA. Dele-Bashiru
A. Dele-Bashiru
4 goals

Reading missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 14 4 Played P 5 14 27
8 4 1 Won W 0 4 11
4 4 1 Drew D 3 5 8
14 6 2 Lost L 2 5 8
30 18 4 Scored S 4 14 33
47 27 12 Conceded C 6 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
73% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 67%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 43% 41%
35% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 19%
23% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 15%
54% 57% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 48%
12% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 37%
35% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 26%
 
3.3 3.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.1
5.7 6.2 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 5.1 4.7
1.5 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 10.1 10.5
3.3 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.1 3.6
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 32% 34%
 
15.7 13.3 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14.1 13
5.8 5.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.3 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (27) at home in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Championship
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 26 16 6 4 70 23 14 9 3 2 36 12 12 7 3 2 34 11 47 54
2 AFC Bournemouth 26 14 7 5 43 23 12 7 3 2 26 13 14 7 4 3 17 10 20 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 25 13 5 7 38 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 8 44
5 West Bromwich Albion 26 11 9 6 31 20 12 7 5 0 18 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 11 42
6 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Huddersfield Town 27 11 8 8 33 30 13 7 3 3 19 15 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 41
8 Stoke City 25 11 5 9 30 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 12 5 2 5 13 12 5 38
9 Coventry City 24 10 7 7 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 37
10 Nottingham Forest 26 10 7 9 33 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 13 6 4 3 19 11 5 37
11 Luton Town 24 9 8 7 36 29 12 5 4 3 20 15 12 4 4 4 16 14 7 35
12 Sheffield United 24 9 6 9 31 32 10 4 2 4 15 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 -1 33
13 Millwall 25 8 9 8 27 28 12 5 4 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 13 16 -1 33
14 Preston North End 25 8 9 8 29 32 13 5 6 2 18 15 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 33
15 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
16 Bristol City 26 8 6 12 32 45 14 4 5 5 15 17 12 4 1 7 17 28 -13 30
17 Swansea City 23 7 7 9 27 32 11 4 4 3 14 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -5 28
18 Birmingham City 26 7 7 12 26 39 12 4 3 5 13 16 14 3 4 7 13 23 -13 28
19 Hull City 26 7 5 14 22 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 26
20 Cardiff City 25 6 5 14 26 44 12 2 1 9 9 19 13 4 4 5 17 25 -18 23
21 Reading 26 8 4 14 30 47 14 4 4 6 18 27 12 4 0 8 12 20 -17 22
22 Peterborough United 24 5 4 15 21 48 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 0 11 6 33 -27 19
23 Derby County 26 8 11 7 25 24 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 1 14
24 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14

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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 26 16 6 4 70 23 14 9 3 2 36 12 12 7 3 2 34 11 47 54
2 AFC Bournemouth 26 14 7 5 43 23 12 7 3 2 26 13 14 7 4 3 17 10 20 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 25 13 5 7 38 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 8 44
5 West Bromwich Albion 26 11 9 6 31 20 12 7 5 0 18 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 11 42
6 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Huddersfield Town 27 11 8 8 33 30 13 7 3 3 19 15 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 41
8 Stoke City 25 11 5 9 30 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 12 5 2 5 13 12 5 38
9 Coventry City 24 10 7 7 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 37
10 Nottingham Forest 26 10 7 9 33 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 13 6 4 3 19 11 5 37
11 Luton Town 24 9 8 7 36 29 12 5 4 3 20 15 12 4 4 4 16 14 7 35
12 Sheffield United 24 9 6 9 31 32 10 4 2 4 15 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 -1 33
13 Millwall 25 8 9 8 27 28 12 5 4 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 13 16 -1 33
14 Preston North End 25 8 9 8 29 32 13 5 6 2 18 15 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 33
15 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
16 Bristol City 26 8 6 12 32 45 14 4 5 5 15 17 12 4 1 7 17 28 -13 30
17 Swansea City 23 7 7 9 27 32 11 4 4 3 14 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -5 28
18 Birmingham City 26 7 7 12 26 39 12 4 3 5 13 16 14 3 4 7 13 23 -13 28
19 Hull City 26 7 5 14 22 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 26
20 Cardiff City 25 6 5 14 26 44 12 2 1 9 9 19 13 4 4 5 17 25 -18 23
21 Reading 26 8 4 14 30 47 14 4 4 6 18 27 12 4 0 8 12 20 -17 22
22 Peterborough United 24 5 4 15 21 48 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 0 11 6 33 -27 19
23 Derby County 26 8 11 7 25 24 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 1 14
24 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14

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