Balanced ball game between Reading and Swansea City expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Championship: Reading are 18 points after Swansea City, but are set to go all in. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (39) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Swansea City.

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Reading form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats. That’s what Reading have to build on here at Select Car Leasing Stadium in the Championship.

Reading enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sheffield United's place. The match ended 2-1 with João and McIntyre scoring. A late climax in the match against Sheffield United as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by McIntyre. McIntyre (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. McIntyre scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Cardiff City (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 eight of these, drawn one and lost five.

The Reading fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 21 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 39 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Swansea City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Swansea City have produced an overall stat of 7-4-10 so far. Having won their last three away games Swansea has no reason to fear anyone.

Swansea City's last game was the home draw against Barnsley (1-1). The draw against Barnsley came from a losing position. The Swansea City manager Martin brought on Ntcham as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Grimes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Grimes hit one key pass and had 91 successful passes (of 97 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Derby County.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Swansea in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Swansea City, two draws and five defeats.

Swansea City find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 21 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Swansea City have conceded 32 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Reading and Swansea City have played each other already this season: Swansea City - Reading 2-3. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Reading, four draws and five wins for Swansea City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
18 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
9 goals

Reading missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 7 21 41
13 7 2 Won W 4 7 16
7 4 1 Drew D 1 4 10
22 10 3 Lost L 2 10 15
50 29 11 Scored S 11 23 49
78 39 12 Conceded C 6 32 54
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 85%
76% 76% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 71% 66%
60% 57% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 52% 51%
36% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 33% 32%
24% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 12%
60% 62% 83% BTTS BTTS 29% 38% 44%
12% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 57% 33% 39%
31% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 29% 38% 32%
 
3.8 3.7 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 4
5.3 5.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.7 4.7
1.6 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.3 10.4 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.7 10.7
3.5 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.5
34% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 31% 34%
 
14.6 13 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 11 10.6
5.4 5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (39) at home in Championship
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.