Championship match preview: Reading versus Preston North End

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium

Struggling Reading will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Preston North End in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have collected 22 points from their home games so far after 6-4-9.

Reading manager José Gomes and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Stoke City (placed 16th) in the Championship. Ahead of that match, Reading lost 0-3 at home to Leeds United.

Reading has scored 25 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Preston North End playing as the away team this season. Things are running smoothly for Preston North End who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Doncaster Rovers. Preston North End has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Rotherham United.

Preston North End are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Championship against Birmingham City (placed 13th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Middlesbrough at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Preston North End have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Reading and Preston North End have met before this season: Preston North End - Reading 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading 5 wins, 1 draw and Preston North End 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

A. Browne
11 goals / 4 assists
C. Robinson
9 goals / 2 assists
Y. Meïté
7 goals / 1 assists

Reading missing players

Preston North End missing players

Reading Preston North End
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
87% 95% Over 0.5 89% 95%
71% 79% Over 1.5 79% 76%
53% 63% Over 2.5 53% 50%
29% 32% Over 3.5 47% 34%
13% 16% Over 4.5 26% 21%
55% 58% Both teams to score 74% 61%
18% 16% Clean Sheet 26% 24%
39% 32% Failed To Score 11% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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