Which team will go home victorious when Reading U21 go to play Cardiff City U21? In this preview you'll get all the relevant news and statistics necessary to enjoy the game more.
- Cardiff City U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Professional Development League
- Reading U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City U21 nor Reading U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cardiff City U21 form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Cardiff City U21 so far this season.
Cardiff's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Reading U21 (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that match was the home game against Queens Park Rangers U21 that was lost 3-5.Goals keep appearing in this team's league games, with 7 in a row featuring three or more goals (over 2.5).
Cardiff City U21 have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Reading U21 form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Reading U21 playing as the away team in the Professional Development League this season.
Two away games in a row for Reading, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Cardiff City U21.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Millwall U21.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading U21 as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Cardiff - Reading U21 2-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the last two meetings): Cardiff City U21 won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Reading U21 have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.
Cardiff City U21 missing players
Reading U21 missing players
| Cardiff City U21 | Reading U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 11.4 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 8.2 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4 |
- All of Cardiff City U21's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Reading U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cardiff City U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cardiff City U21 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading U21 have scored away.
- Cardiff City U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cardiff City U21 have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Professional Development League
- Cardiff City U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff City U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cardiff City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Reading U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading U21 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 | Bristol City U21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Millwall U21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 21 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Reading U21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Cardiff City U21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Colchester United U21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Swansea City U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -18 | 0 |
