Very important fight in the cellar of the Championship, with both Reading and Hull City going through more distress than pleasure. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the team playing at home at 21st and the visiting team in 19th position.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hull City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Reading form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Reading have to build on here at Gene L. Shirk Stadium in the Championship. When Reading hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Sheffield United, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Happy days for Reading in their previous game, a Championship match away at Swansea City (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Reading goalkeeper Luke Southwood did an outstanding job against Swansea City with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. Midfield player Danny Drinkwater got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Drinkwater scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Reading lost 0-1 at home to Sheffield United.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 one and lost five.
A decent goal production from Reading in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Reading have conceded 15 from these games.
Hull City form and stats
There's been little loot from Hull City's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Championship. Hull City only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. When Hull City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Cardiff City, Sheffield United, Hull City, Barnsley, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United is teams we like to compare Reading with. The fact that Hull City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The supporters enjoyed Hull City's previous game versus Millwall (placed 10th), a Championship 2-1 win played at home. George Honeyman, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Honeyman scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Cardiff City with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Hull City in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Hull City, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hull City have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading one win, three draws and Hull City six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Swift 8 goals |  A. Dele-Bashiru 4 goals |   K. Lewis-Potter 4 goals |
Reading missing players
Hull City missing players
| Reading | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 32 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 70% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 35% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 25% | 30% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 15% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 70% | 55% |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 37% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 26% | 27% |
| 15.3 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
- Hull City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Championship
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hull City have scored away.
- 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Millwall | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 19 | Hull City | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 21 | Reading | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -21 | 16 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Derby County | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 1 |
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