Reading manager V. Paunovic looking for three points in Sheffield Wednesday showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Madejski Stadium (24161 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Reading leading Sheffield Wednesday by 29 points.

Insights:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 Sheffield Wednesday.

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Reading form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Reading at their home stadium (Madejski Stadium) is 10 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa not having conceded a league goal in 221 minutes.

The Reading supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Blackburn Rovers in Championship and win 1-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Rotherham United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Reading have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost three.

Reading has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Reading have conceded 20 goals.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sheffield Wednesday so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-12 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Sheffield as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the AFC Bournemouth match. It's looking increasingly bleak for Sheffield who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Wycombe Wanderers was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Luton Town's place.

Late heartbreak for Sheffield in the Rotherham United match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Sheffield are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sheffield as they have only managed to score 11 times from 17 away games in the league. Sheffield Wednesday's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sheffield Wednesday - Reading 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Reading victories, three draws and four Sheffield Wednesday wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
17 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
6 goals
Sheffield WednesdayC. Paterson
C. Paterson
6 goals

Reading missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 33
17 10 3 Won W 2 3 9
6 0 0 Drew D 1 2 7
11 7 1 Lost L 2 12 17
46 25 8 Scored S 6 11 24
37 20 2 Conceded C 7 29 40
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
71% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 61%
50% 65% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 35% 30%
21% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
44% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 35% 36%
44% 41% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 30%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 53% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.6 11.5 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.6 9.1
4.2 4.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.8
32% 30% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 28% 26%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

Reading:
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Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

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