Betting preview: Reading U23 faced with a tough challenge when Stoke City U23 visits

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Competition: Mon 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Reading U23 - Stoke City U23 : Stats, teams, results, trends and reports. Read our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Reading U23 have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Stoke City U23 have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Reading U23 form and stats

With 2 Premier League 2 Divison Two wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Reading U23 are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Reading U23 are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Reading faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aston Villa U23 (1-4).

Reading U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Reading U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City U23 form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City U23 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Divison Two this season.

The manager Russell was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Clayton Wood Training Ground. Stoke City U23 suffered a 0-1 loss to Fulham U23 (placed 1st).

A new game in only three days for Stoke City U23, the Premier League Cup home match versus Fulham U23. Busy days.

Stoke City U23 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Stoke City U23 - Reading U23 1-2, played this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Reading victories, zero draws and five Stoke City U23 wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Reading U23C. Osorio
C. Osorio
3 goals

Reading U23 missing players

Stoke City U23 missing players

Reading U23 Stoke City U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 5
20 12 5 Scored S 1 8 19
37 17 3 Conceded C 3 10 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
65% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
35% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 19%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
65% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
6% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
29% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
3.8 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.4 4.4
5.6 6.1 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 5.2
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.4 9.7 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 8.2 8.9
3 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.1
40% 36% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 29%
 
11.9 12.9 14.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17 12.5 10.3
5.2 5.4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.6 4.9
Key stats in Premier League 2 Divison Two this season:
  • Reading U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading U23 have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Reading U23 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Reading U23 have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Reading U23 have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Reading U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stoke City U23 have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
  • Stoke City U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stoke City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham U23 19 16 1 2 46 17 9 9 0 0 25 4 10 7 1 2 21 13 29 49
2 Norwich City U23 18 10 2 6 51 37 10 7 0 3 27 19 8 3 2 3 24 18 14 32
3 West Bromwich Albion U23 17 8 4 5 33 32 9 6 2 1 18 13 8 2 2 4 15 19 1 28
4 Newcastle Utd U23 16 8 2 6 31 24 9 4 2 3 17 11 7 4 0 3 14 13 7 26
5 Aston Villa U23 17 7 4 6 41 31 9 4 3 2 24 15 8 3 1 4 17 16 10 25
6 Stoke City U23 16 7 4 5 19 24 8 4 1 3 11 14 8 3 3 2 8 10 -5 25
7 Burnley U23 18 6 5 7 28 27 9 3 3 3 15 13 9 3 2 4 13 14 1 23
8 Southampton U23 17 7 2 8 26 26 8 5 1 2 16 8 9 2 1 6 10 18 0 23
9 Wolves U23 16 6 4 6 18 27 8 3 2 3 8 13 8 3 2 3 10 14 -9 22
10 Nottingham U23 17 5 5 7 24 25 7 2 3 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 -1 20
11 Sunderland U23 18 6 2 10 31 34 8 2 1 5 15 18 10 4 1 5 16 16 -3 20
12 Middlesbrough U23 19 6 0 13 22 38 9 4 0 5 12 16 10 2 0 8 10 22 -16 18
13 Birmingham U23 17 4 4 9 24 35 9 3 1 5 12 18 8 1 3 4 12 17 -11 16
14 Reading U23 17 3 5 9 20 37 9 2 3 4 12 17 8 1 2 5 8 20 -17 14