Preston North End can not ask for any freebies from their host Reading in this Championship fixture. Here's the full preview!
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Reading and Preston North End.
Reading form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Select Car Leasing Stadium as Reading have scored 14 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Reading travelled for their previous game, a trip to Luton Town that ended 0-0. The striker Carroll won the honour of being "man of the match" for Reading with the rating of 7.65/10. Carroll hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Burnley (1-2).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 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Reading are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Watford awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Reading in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches.
Preston North End form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Preston North End playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Impressive finishing from Potts secured the home win 1-0 against Swansea City in their previous game. Brady, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.3. Brady hit three key passes and won 9 of 15 duels.
Before that, Preston North End secured a home win against Middlesbrough with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Preston, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 15 of this club's most recent 19 league matches have had two or less goals.
It's not easy to score on Preston North End as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Reading-Preston North End H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reading seven wins, Preston North End two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Riis Jakobsen 5 goals |   T. Ince 4 goals |  L. Santos João 3 goals |
Reading missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Reading | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 67% | 68% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 11% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 11% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 47% |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 20% |
| 10.7 | 9.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 15.3 | 13.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (6) away in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 | Burnley | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Reading | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 20 | Hull City | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
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