Reading vs Millwall match preview: Even contest expected at Select Car Leasing Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading hope to sell some tickets for this game despite that the season has been demanding so far with 29 points and a 21st place in the Championship table. Visiting Millwall own 11th place with 49 pts.

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (67) in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Reading and Millwall should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Reading form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Reading, who have the most conceded goals (67) in Championship, at their home stadium (Select Car Leasing Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

The club members are hoping that Reading will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the match against Blackpool (placed 14th). The striker João was named "man of the match" for Reading with a rating of 7.42/10. João scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Reading won a home game hosting Birmingham City (2-1).

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 15 games. Reading has won eight of these, drawn three and lost four.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. Reading are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (35 from 17 played).

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Millwall form and stats

Playing away, Millwall have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats 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. Millwall hope to make it five in this match.

Millwall won their last game, 1-0 versus Sheffield United played at home. Defender Cooper was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Cooper scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Derby County with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Millwall, four draws and eight defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Millwall now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Blackburn Rovers is waiting in only three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Millwall in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played earlier this season: Millwall - Reading 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Reading victories, one draw and six Millwall 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
11 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
6 goals

Reading missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 16 33
10 5 1 Won W 2 4 13
5 4 1 Drew D 1 5 10
19 8 3 Lost L 3 7 10
42 25 9 Scored S 6 15 36
67 35 11 Conceded C 8 21 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 70%
62% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 36%
41% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 9%
29% 35% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
59% 65% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 58%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 27%
32% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 21%
 
3.5 3.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.7 4.7
5.7 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.9 4.9
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 10.5 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 10.6 11.5
3.4 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.6 3.9
36% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 28%
 
15.6 13.6 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.6 12.2
5.8 5.4 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (67) in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home 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 Fulham 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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