Championship: A pair of squads who have performed nicely thus far. Get ready for Swansea City - Reading with this broad guide!
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Swansea City form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Swansea.com Stadium in the Championship. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Swansea City after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The regulars are hoping that Swansea will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against Burnley (placed 1st). The first loss after going unbeaten through four league rounds. Swansea City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Grimes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Grimes hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 75 total).
Before that, Swansea had a home game versus Sunderland which ended with a victory 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea City handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Goals keep coming in this club's league rounds, with 5 in a row featuring three or more goals (over 2.5).
The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Swansea City have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Reading form and stats
Reading have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
Reading's previous game was their home loss versus West Bromwich Albion (0-2). Defender Holmes was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Holmes won 8 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Queens Park Rangers's place.We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
After this away game Reading return home for a Championship game against Bristol City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Reading are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Swansea won five, Reading were winners in one and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 4 goals |  J. Ntcham 3 goals |   L. Santos João 3 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Reading missing players
| Swansea City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 57% | 57% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 43% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.3 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 30% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 9.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.8 | 10.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3 |
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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