Reading and Nottingham Forest have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. Both occupy mid-table places in the Championship.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's aim for an active match!
Reading form and stats
The complete Championship results at home this season for Reading are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Reading are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Gene L. Shirk Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Reading are returning here after visiting Birmingham City in a Championship game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Jahmari Clarke (2) scored the goal(s). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of V. Paunovic when Jahmari Clarke scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Jahmari Clarke, a striker, was the declared top performer for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Clarke scored two goals.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Millwall.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sheffield United are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Reading in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Reading have conceded 13 from these games.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Nottingham won their last game, 3-0 versus Preston North End played at home. The attacker Lewis Grabban got a match rating of 8.11 in that game. Grabban scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sheffield United.After this away game Nottingham Forest return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Nottingham's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading four wins, four draws and Nottingham Forest two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Swift 8 goals |   L. Grabban 8 goals |  A. Dele-Bashiru 3 goals |
Reading missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Reading | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 18% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 3 | 3.1 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 40% |
| 15.5 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 11.6 | 10.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Fulham | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Reading | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hull City | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
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