The visiting Aston Villa U23 team should be odds-on at Reading U23, as the visitors own a 8 point advantage from their ten league matches this season.
- Reading U23 is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals (26) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Reading U23 form and stats
With {1 Premier League 2 Divison Two wins}, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Reading U23 are certainly not brimming with confidence. Reading has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Ali and the players.
Reading U23 are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 331 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Mamadi Camará).
The Reading fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League 2 Divison Two game also here at Gene L. Shirk Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Sunderland U23 (placed 10th).
Ahead of that match, Reading lost 0-1 at home to Southampton U23.Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Villa lost away at Southampton U23 (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Southampton U23 was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 2-3 loss hosting Sunderland U23 before that.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. For Villa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Reading U23 six wins, one draw and Aston Villa U23 two victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Reading U23 missing players
Aston Villa U23 missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 90% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 60% | 60% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 70% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 6 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.8 | 10.1 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 42% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 64% | 49% |
| 12.1 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.4 | 11.8 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
- All of Aston Villa U23's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa U23 have scored more than double the goals of Reading U23.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals (26) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Reading U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading U23 is in the worst form (0-2-4)
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Stoke City U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 17 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Norwich City U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Nottingham U23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Southampton U23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough U23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Reading U23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 7 |