Turn on the lights for Swansea City - Reading! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match should be awesome!
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
Swansea City have collected 16 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-4-1.
A strong away win for Swansea City against Barnsley the last match, as Olivier Ntcham and Jamie Paterson were on target. Jamie Paterson, a natural forward, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.03 (out of 10). Paterson scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 12 times and had 63 successful passes (of 71 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Blackpool that ended 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Swansea's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost two.
Swansea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Swansea City have conceded only 5 goals.
Reading form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Reading failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Sheffield United (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder John Swift was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Swift hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nottingham Forest.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Reading when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Swansea-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea City five wins, Reading zero wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 10 goals |   J. Swift 8 goals |  J. Paterson 7 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Reading missing players
| Swansea City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 23 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 30 |
| 79% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 68% |
| 58% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 32% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 9.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 46% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 36% |
| 10.1 | 7.7 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 18.4 | 14.9 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Stoke City | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Millwall | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 19 | Hull City | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 18 |
| 21 | Reading | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -21 | 15 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 1 |
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