This promises to be another interesting encounter in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Reading U23 is in 12th position and welcome Fulham U23 in 8th place. Read all about the match here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League 2 Divison Two match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Norwich City U23, so at least Reading are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Reading U23 form and stats
This is expected to be a close game, with Reading U23 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reading U23 as a small favourite), we find two games. Reading has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Last season, Reading U23's league statistics were 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Over these 18 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season Reading U23 managed 3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 17 conceded.
Fulham U23 form and stats
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Fulham U23 in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Fulham U23, zero draws and two defeats.
Let's have a look at how Fulham U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 6 with 7/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Reading U23 wins - draws - Fulham U23 wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Reading U23 missing players
Fulham U23 missing players
| Reading U23 | Fulham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reading U23 | Last season | Fulham U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 78% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 33% | ||
| 39% | 56% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 44% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 33% | ||
| 5.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 223 | 106 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 171 | ||
| 100 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 70 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stoke City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Aston Villa U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Leeds U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 37 | 46 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Fulham U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | -43 | 1 |