Championship preview: Can Sunderland edge out victory against Reading?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Sunderland are set for a new test after their 2-3 vs Fulham last time out. Reading are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (28) away in Championship

The hosts Sunderland saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the FA Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fulham, was also a home game here at Stadium of Light. The away team is better rested.

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Sunderland form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Sunderland at their home stadium (Stadium of Light) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The Sunderland fans got no joy from their last game, a FA Cup duel also played here at Stadium of Light: A 2-3 defeat against Fulham. Midfielder Clarke was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Clarke scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that, Sunderland played out a Championship draw 1-1 when visiting Millwall.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.

The manager Mowbray will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queens Park Rangers in only three days.

Sunderland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Reading are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Reading played 2-2 against Watford in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Watford. Reading were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Hendrick scoring the equalizer. Attacker Ince got a player rating of 8.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Ince scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A loss, in the FA Cup away at Manchester United, before that. We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats.

After this away game Reading return home for a Championship game against Rotherham United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Reading - Sunderland 0-3. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Sunderland victories, one draw and three Reading wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
7 goals

Sunderland missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 15 29
11 5 0 Won W 1 3 11
9 4 3 Drew D 1 2 5
9 5 2 Lost L 2 10 13
42 19 4 Scored S 6 11 33
33 16 7 Conceded C 7 28 44
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 76%
52% 57% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 59%
21% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 28%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 7%
59% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 48%
28% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 24%
21% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 47% 31%
 
4.3 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 4.6
5.6 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 4.9
2.2 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 12.9 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 10.1
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3 3.2
41% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 35%
 
12.3 11.9 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.5 11.6
3.5 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (28) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Championship
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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.