Swansea City supporters put their faith in manager S. Cooper to deliver victory against Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (21028 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Swansea City leading Reading by 10 points. Match preview to follow:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Swansea City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Swansea City have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

The home team returns to Liberty Stadium after sharing the points with Bristol City (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Nottingham Forest with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea City handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D2-L2.

Goals decide football matches and Swansea City are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Swansea City have conceded 4 goals.

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Reading form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Reading playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Reading as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Huddersfield Town match.

The manager José Gomes was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Liberty Stadium. Reading suffered a 1-2 loss to Blackburn Rovers (placed 10th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Middlesbrough's place.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were W0-D5-L6.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Reading have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Swansea City-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea City 6 wins, Reading 0 wins, 4 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borja Bastón
5 goals
B. Celina
2 goals
J. Swift
2 goals / 4 assists

Swansea City missing players

Reading missing players

Swansea City Reading
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 4 8
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
12 8 0 Scored S 1 4 9
5 4 0 Conceded C 1 4 11
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
50% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
50% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.1 6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 6.2 5.9
5.1 4.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 11 7.2 5.1
1.6 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Swansea City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 CH Swansea City 3 - 0 Birmingham City
28-08-19 CC Swansea City 6 - 0 Cambridge United
31-08-19 CH Leeds United 0 - 1 Swansea City
14-09-19 CH Swansea City 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest
21-09-19 CH Bristol City 0 - 0 Swansea City
24-09-19 CC Watford 18:45 Swansea City
28-09-19 CH Swansea City 14:00 Reading
02-10-19 CH Charlton Athletic 18:45 Swansea City
05-10-19 CH Swansea City 14:00 Stoke City
19-10-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Swansea City
Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Reading
27-08-19 CC Plymouth Argyle 2 - 4 Reading
31-08-19 CH Reading 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Reading
21-09-19 CH Reading 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
25-09-19 CC Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:45 Reading
28-09-19 CH Swansea City 14:00 Reading
01-10-19 CH Reading 19:00 Fulham
05-10-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Reading
19-10-19 CH Reading 14:00 Preston North End

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 8 5 2 1 13 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 4 0 0 10 1 9 17
2 Swansea City 8 5 2 1 12 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 2 2 0 4 1 7 17
3 Preston North End 8 5 1 2 14 7 4 4 0 0 10 2 4 1 1 2 4 5 7 16
4 West Bromwich Albion 8 4 4 0 15 10 4 2 2 0 9 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 16
5 Queens Park Rangers 8 5 1 2 14 12 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 3 0 1 6 5 2 16
6 Nottingham Forest 8 4 3 1 11 6 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 15
7 Bristol City 8 4 3 1 13 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 8 4 4 15
8 Charlton Athletic 8 4 2 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 14
9 Sheffield Wednesday 8 4 1 3 11 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 13
10 Blackburn Rovers 8 4 1 3 9 8 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 5 6 1 13
11 Birmingham City 8 4 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 2 6 -2 13
12 Fulham 8 3 3 2 12 7 4 2 1 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 12
13 Cardiff City 8 3 3 2 9 10 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 -1 12
14 Hull City 8 2 3 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 6 4 0 9
15 Middlesbrough 8 2 3 3 8 9 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 0 2 2 5 7 -1 9
16 Millwall 8 2 3 3 6 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 8 -5 9
17 Brentford 8 2 2 4 5 6 4 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 0 3 1 4 -1 8
18 Derby County 8 1 5 2 8 11 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 5 7 -3 8
19 Wigan Athletic 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 1 3 3 9 -5 8
20 Reading 8 2 1 5 9 11 4 1 0 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 4 4 -2 7
21 Luton Town 8 2 1 5 12 16 4 1 1 2 6 9 4 1 0 3 6 7 -4 7
22 Barnsley 8 1 2 5 4 12 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 0 5 -8 5
23 Stoke City 8 0 2 6 7 17 4 0 1 3 4 9 4 0 1 3 3 8 -10 2
24 Huddersfield Town 8 0 1 7 7 17 4 0 0 4 2 8 4 0 1 3 5 9 -10 1

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