Reading are finding life sweet in the top league spots while West Bromwich Albion are more involved in escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Reading have the most points (16) at home in Championship
- West Bromwich Albion have yet to win a game away.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an energetic match!
Reading form and stats
Reading are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Select Car Leasing Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
In their previous game, the manager Ince led his Reading to a defeat away at Queens Park Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The first defeat after collecting points through three league fixtures. The striker Carroll was announced as "man of the match" for Reading with the rating of 7.24/10. Carroll scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Norwich City.Reading are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Swansea City awaits in three days.
Reading have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
West Bromwich Albion have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Championship, after 0-4-2 (6 played).
The attacking players of WBA have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 205 minutes.
West Bromwich Albion played 0-0 against Luton Town in their previous match. Yokuşlu got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Yokuşlu dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Preston North End's place.Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 13 league games.
A new game in only three days for West Bromwich Albion, the Championship home match versus Bristol City. Busy days.
WBA have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
West Bromwich Albion have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (4-2-0) when facing Reading.Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 3 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 3 goals |  J. Wallace 3 goals |
Reading missing players
West Bromwich Albion missing players
| Reading | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 69% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 77% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 38% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 77% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 23% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.7 | 7 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.5 | 14.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 41% | 55% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 29% |
| 10.8 | 9.9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.3 | 8.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have the most points (16) at home in Championship
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Bromwich Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have yet to win a game away.
- West Bromwich Albion 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 | Sheffield United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Burnley | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Reading | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Millwall | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
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