Reading and Queens Park Rangers have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Reading form and stats
Overall Championship stats at home this season for Reading are 5-0-6 (wins-draw-losses).
The Reading goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
Reading's last game was hosting Derby County (placed 17th) and winning 3-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Stoke City the opponent.
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 nine games. Reading has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Reading after this match as they are travelling to Preston North End for a Championship game in only three days.
Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Madejski Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Reading have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queens Park Rangers have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far.
Queens Park Rangers delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Charlton Athletic (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Barnsley wasn't a success with a 3-5 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Queens Park Rangers, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hull City in just three days.
Queens Park Rangers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Queens Park Rangers have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Queens Park Rangers - Reading 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Reading wins - draws - Queens Park Rangers wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Eze 9 goals |  J. Hugill 8 goals |  N. Wells 8 goals |
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| Reading | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 27 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 70% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 48% |
| 9% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 64% | 70% |
| 27% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 22% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 271 | 145 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 110 | 280 |
| 90 | 49 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 37 | 97 |
| 31% | 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | 38% |
- All of Queens Park Rangers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- 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 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Fulham | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Brentford | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Millwall | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Reading | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -19 | 20 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 24 | Stoke City | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
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