Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Reading in 15th and Hull City in 14th place.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a FA Cup match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Cardiff City, so at least Reading are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Reading form and stats
6 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. That’s what Reading have to build on here at Rivermoor Stadium in the Championship.
Reading manager M. Bowen and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Cardiff City (placed 12th) in the FA Cup. Before that, Reading played out a Championship draw 1-1 when visiting Cardiff City.
Late drama in the game against Cardiff City as Reading were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Yakou Meite popped out and made it level in the 116th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reading handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wtwo-Done-Lthree.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Bromwich Albion are coming to town in four days.
Reading has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Hull City form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Hull City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Hull City who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Sheffield Wednesday was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Brentford with 1-5 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 loss hosting Huddersfield Town before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Brentford was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
We have checked recent matches where Hull City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were Wfour-Dtwo-Leight.
Hull City has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Blackburn Rovers in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Hull City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Hull City in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hull City - Reading 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Reading victory, three draws and six Hull City wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Grosicki 7 goals |   G. Puşcaş 6 goals |  Y. Meïté 5 goals |
Reading missing players
Hull City missing players
| Reading | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 36 | 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 42 |
| 34 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 43 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 71% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 80% |
| 40% | 57% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 64% | 63% |
| 17% | 21% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 53% |
| 27% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 27% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 369 | 192 | 80 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 163 | 371 |
| 114 | 60 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 50 | 115 |
| 32% | 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 37% |
- Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 56 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 55 |
| 3 | Fulham | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Brentford | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 9 | Millwall | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 45 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 44 |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 43 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 31 | -1 | 43 |
| 13 | Derby County | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -4 | 40 |
| 14 | Hull City | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 39 |
| 15 | Reading | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 38 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 38 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 37 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 36 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 33 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 29 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 27 | -20 | 24 |
| 24 | Luton Town | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 37 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 41 | -28 | 24 |
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