Championship preview and statistics: West Bromwich Albion - Reading at The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 21.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (28003 seats)

It's early days in the Championship and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for West Bromwich Albion and Reading.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for West Bromwich Albion so far this season.

West Bromwich Albion are returning here after visiting Luton Town in a Championship game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, West Bromwich Albion lost 1-2 at home to Millwall.

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 West Bromwich Albion's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 0 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for West Bromwich Albion after this match as they are travelling to Derby County for a Championship game in only three days.

West Bromwich Albion has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Reading had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 2, drew 11 and lost 10.

Reading won their last game, 3-0 versus Cardiff City played at home. A 1-1 draw at Wycombe Wanderers's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Reading playing away, we found seven games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 3 home wins.

Reading has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Huddersfield Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

It's early days yet, but Reading has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): West Bromwich Albion 3 wins, 3 draws and Reading 4 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Diangana
2 goals
G. Puşcaş
2 goals
K. Edwards
1 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Reading missing players

West Bromwich Albion Reading
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
2 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
5 1 0 Scored 0 1 5
3 1 0 Conceded 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 7 6
4.7 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 3.3
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
West Bromwich Albion Last season Reading
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
48 24 8 Played 8 23 46
24 13 6 Won 0 2 10
11 7 1 Drew 3 11 17
13 4 1 Lost 5 10 19
89 54 22 Scored 7 20 49
64 31 8 Conceded 17 35 66
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 83% 85%
83% 92% 100% Over 1.5 88% 70% 72%
58% 62% 62% Over 2.5 62% 48% 54%
40% 46% 38% Over 3.5 38% 30% 28%
27% 38% 38% Over 4.5 12% 9% 11%
67% 79% 75% BTTS 75% 61% 59%
21% 17% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 20%
15% 4% 0% Failed To Score 25% 39% 37%
 
5.3 6 6.9 Corners For (avg) 4.9 4.4 4.5
5.5 5.3 6.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.4 6.6 6.1
1.9 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.6 1.7
7 2 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats last season:
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

West Bromwich Albion
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
26-07-19 CF West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
03-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
10-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Millwall
13-08-19 CC West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Millwall
17-08-19 CH Luton Town 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
21-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 19:00 Reading
24-08-19 CH Derby County 11:30 West Bromwich Albion
31-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 14:00 Blackburn Rovers
14-09-19 CH Fulham 11:30 West Bromwich Albion
22-09-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 11:00 Huddersfield Town
Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
28-07-19 CF Reading 3 - 4 Chelsea
03-08-19 CH Reading 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
10-08-19 CH Hull City 2 - 1 Reading
13-08-19 CC Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 1 Reading
18-08-19 CH Reading 3 - 0 Cardiff City
21-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 19:00 Reading
24-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 14:00 Reading
27-08-19 CC Plymouth Argyle 18:45 Reading
31-08-19 CH Reading 14:00 Charlton Athletic
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Reading

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
2 Charlton Athletic 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
3 Swansea City 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 West Bromwich Albion 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
5 Millwall 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 6
7 Fulham 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 Derby County 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
9 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
10 Bristol City 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Hull City 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Brentford 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
13 Barnsley 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
14 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Birmingham City 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
16 Preston North End 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 3
17 Reading 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
18 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
19 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
20 Wigan Athletic 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 3
21 Luton Town 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
23 Middlesbrough 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
24 Stoke City 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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