Betting preview: Reading vs Sheffield Wednesday should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24200 seats)

Only the second game in the Championship for these teams and it's all to play for here at Madejski Stadium as Reading welcomes Sheffield Wednesday. Check out this preview!

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 Sheffield Wednesday.

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Reading form and stats

Reading's first home game here at Madejski Stadium ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

The Reading crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Sheffield Wednesday here at Madejski Stadium in a Championship match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Middlesbrough (1-2).

Early season goal statistics from Reading's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

Last season, Reading's league statistics were 10 wins, 17 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 20th position in the Championship. Over these 46 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 66. Playing at home last season Reading managed 8-6-9 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 31 conceded.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Only one away game so far for Sheffield Wednesday and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 8 draws and 9 losses from 23 travels.

Sheffield Wednesday play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Reading. A 1-2 loss hosting Queens Park Rangers before that.

Sheffield Wednesday has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Sheffield Wednesday performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 16 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 62 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 9 with 26/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Reading - Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reading 2 wins, 4 draws and Sheffield Wednesday 4 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Meïté
1 goals
S. Hutchinson
1 goals
Lucas João
1 goals

Reading missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Reading Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Reading Last season Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
10 8   Won   6 16
17 6   Drew   8 16
19 9   Lost   9 14
49 29   Scored   26 60
66 31   Conceded   35 62
85% 87%   Over 0.5   87% 89%
72% 74%   Over 1.5   74% 76%
54% 61%   Over 2.5   57% 57%
28% 26%   Over 3.5   26% 28%
11% 13%   Over 4.5   13% 9%
59% 57%   BTTS   57% 59%
20% 22%   Clean Sheets   26% 30%
37% 35%   Failed To Score   30% 22%
 
4.5 4.6   Corners For (avg)   3.8 4.4
6.1 5.6   Corners Against (avg)   6.7 6
1.7 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.7
3 1   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
22-04-19 CH Reading 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
27-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Reading
05-05-19 CH Reading 0 - 0 Birmingham City
28-07-19 CF Reading 3 - 4 Chelsea
03-08-19 CH Reading 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
10-08-19 CH Hull City 14:00 Reading
13-08-19 CC Wycombe Wanderers 18:45 Reading
18-08-19 CH Reading 11:00 Cardiff City
21-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 19:00 Reading
24-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 14:00 Reading
Sheffield Wednesday
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
13-07-19 CF Lincoln City 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
13-07-19 CF Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
16-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
03-08-19 CH Reading 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
10-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 14:00 Barnsley
13-08-19 CC Sheffield Wednesday 18:45 Bury
17-08-19 CH Millwall 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday
20-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 18:45 Luton Town
24-08-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday

  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 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
16 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
19 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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