Reading U23 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 12th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two table. Visiting Sunderland U23 holds 6th place with 15 pts.
- Reading U23 has the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Reading U23 form and stats
Reading U23, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for Reading U23 bring valid hopes of a third.
Reading faced defeat in their previous match, away at Burnley U23 (1-3). Before that match, a win away at Middlesbrough U23.
Goals decide football matches and Reading U23 are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Reading have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Sunderland had fun at their own home last time out, beating Norwich City U23 3-1. P. Almond and M. Curry (2) scored. A 1-3 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion U23 before that.
The Sunderland U23 manager E. Dickman has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Sunderland struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Reading two wins, zero draws and Sunderland U23 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Curry 7 goals |  J. Onen 4 goals | B. Mbunga-Kimpioka 4 goals |
Reading U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
| Reading U23 | Sunderland U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 75% | 80% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 70% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 70% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 30% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 56% | 59% |
- All of Reading U23's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Sunderland U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Reading U23 has the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Reading U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sunderland 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 | Leeds U23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Wolves U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Fulham U23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Sunderland U23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Burnley U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Aston Villa U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 13 | Stoke City U23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 12 |