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Championship
Referee: Nigel Miller
Reading
T T U S S
0–2
Full-time
Birmingham
T U U T T

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Team trends

Reading Birmingham
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 25%
33%
17%
Points per game
1,3
0,8
Over 2.5 Ø 42%
50%
33%
Both score Ø 59%
67%
50%
Average goals
2,5
1,8
Scored
1,2
0,7
Conceded
1,3
1,2
Goal diff per game
-0,2
-0,5
This season — Championship · 39/39 matches
Win Ø 36%
33%
38%
Points per game
1,3
1,4
Over 2.5 Ø 36%
38%
33%
Both score Ø 46%
54%
38%
Average goals
2,3
2,1
Scored
1,2
1,1
Conceded
1,1
1,0
Goal diff per game
+0,0
+0,1
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Match stats

Half-time score: 0–2

70% Possession 30%
14 Shots 7
2 Shots on target 3
4 Blocked shots 4
1 Goalkeeper saves 2
7 Corners 0
2 Offside 0
0 Free kicks against 0
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Reading 13. · Birmingham 9.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Burnley 41 22 14 5 +31 80
2 Middlesbrough 39 23 7 9 +29 76
3 Brighton 38 20 13 5 +18 73
4 Hull 36 20 8 8 +33 68
5 Sheffield Weds 37 18 11 8 +22 65
6 Cardiff 40 16 15 9 +9 63
7 Derby 38 16 13 9 +13 61
8 Ipswich 40 16 12 12 +2 60
9 Birmingham 39 15 11 13 +4 56
10 Preston 40 14 14 12 +1 56
11 QPR 40 12 16 12 +3 52
12 Wolves 40 13 13 14 -4 52
13 Reading 39 13 12 14 +1 51
14 Brentford 39 14 7 18 -6 49
15 Leeds 40 11 15 14 -10 48
16 Blackburn 40 11 13 16 -1 46
17 Nott'm Forest 40 11 13 16 -6 46
18 Huddersfield 40 12 9 19 -5 45
19 Fulham 40 10 14 16 -5 44
20 Bristol City 40 11 11 18 -22 44
21 Rotherham 40 12 7 21 -17 43
22 Milton Keynes Dons 40 9 10 21 -21 37
23 Charlton 40 8 12 20 -34 36
24 Bolton 40 4 14 22 -35 26

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Recent head-to-head meetings

8. Aug -15 Birmingham – Reading 2–1

Match report

Reading Birmingham
2′
C. Donaldson 0–1
D. Cotterill
27′
R. Shotton 0–2
Yann Kermorgant 🟨
42′
Half-time 0–2
M. Vydra 🔁
↦ Lucas Piazon
46′
Jake Cooper 🟨
57′
G. McCleary 🔁
↦ C. Gunter
63′
O. John 🔁
↦ S. Cox
72′
72′
🔁 J. Maghoma
↦ K. Lafferty
72′
🔁 V. Solomon-Otabor
↦ D. Cotterill
83′
🟨 Clayton Donaldson
Paul McShane 🟨
84′
90′
🟨 Michael Morrison
Full-time 0–2

Line-ups

Reading

26 Ali Al Habsi G
5 P. McShane D
2 C. Gunter D
35 J. Cooper D
21 S. Quinn M
23 D. Williams M
6 O. Norwood M
11 J. Obita D
31 S. Cox F
29 Y. Kermorgant F
17 Lucas Piazon F
Bench (7)
7 M. Vydra
12 G. McCleary
20 O. John
1 J. Bond
3 A. Taylor
8 M. Hector
10 D. Rakels

Birmingham

1 A. Legzdins G
3 J. Grounds D
31 P. Caddis D
32 R. Shotton D
28 M. Morrison D
11 D. Cotterill M
8 S. Gleeson M
6 M. Kieftenbeld M
26 D. Davis M
9 C. Donaldson F
25 K. Lafferty F
Bench (7)
19 J. Maghoma
17 V. Solomon-Otabor
29 T. Kuszczak
7 D. Fabbrini
15 J. Vaughan
23 J. Spector
20 Jon Toral

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
U2,5 ✓
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.