Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kidderminster Harriers & Reading face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kidderminster Harriers and Reading should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kidderminster Harriers form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Kidderminster, as the manager Penn led his troops to eliminate Ware, Grimsby Town, Sporting Khalsa, Halifax Town and Bedfont Sports, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.5W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Kidderminster Harriers.
In their previous game, the manager Penn led his Kidderminster to a defeat in the Fa Trophy match away at Boston United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aggborough Stadium.
1-1 away at Curzon Ashton before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kidderminster Harriers, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Farsley Celtic is only three days away.
Reading form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Playing away, Reading have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the Championship this season.
Reading delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Derby County in their previous match; a Championship game. Drawing 2-2 against Derby County after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Paunovic needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Hoilett got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Hoilett scored two goals and hit one key pass.
It was a Championship defeat before that one as the away game against West Bromwich Albion wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.A new game in only three days for Reading, the Championship home match versus Fulham. Busy days.
Reading have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Reading struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hemmings 9 goals |   J. Swift 8 goals | S. Austin 7 goals |
Kidderminster Harriers missing players
Reading missing players
| Kidderminster Harriers | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 8.8 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.4 | 15.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
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