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Championship
Referee: M Salisbury
Reading
T U S U S
1–2
Full-time
Cardiff
S S U S T

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Team trends

Reading Cardiff
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 42%
33%
50%
Points per game
1,3
1,7
Over 2.5 Ø 42%
33%
50%
Both score Ø 42%
50%
33%
Average goals
2,2
2,0
Scored
0,8
0,8
Conceded
1,3
1,2
Goal diff per game
-0,5
-0,3
This season — Championship · 42/41 matches
Win Ø 33%
31%
34%
Points per game
1,1
1,2
Over 2.5 Ø 58%
57%
59%
Both score Ø 54%
57%
51%
Average goals
3,0
2,8
Scored
1,2
1,2
Conceded
1,8
1,5
Goal diff per game
-0,6
-0,3
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Match stats

Half-time score: 1–0

42% Possession 58%
10 Shots 7
2 Shots on target 3
3 Blocked shots 1
1 Goalkeeper saves 1
5 Corners 5
1 Offside 1
8 Free kicks against 10
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Reading 20. · Cardiff 18.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Fulham 41 27 8 6 +63 89
2 Bournemouth 41 21 12 8 +27 75
3 Sheffield United 41 20 9 12 +18 69
4 Huddersfield 40 19 12 9 +14 69
5 Luton 41 19 11 11 +17 68
6 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 +17 68
7 Blackburn 41 18 11 12 +14 65
8 West Brom 42 17 12 13 +11 63
9 Nott'm Forest 36 18 8 10 +23 62
10 Coventry 42 17 11 14 +7 62
11 Swansea 41 17 9 15 -2 60
12 Preston 42 15 15 12 -2 60
13 QPR 42 17 8 17 +0 59
14 Millwall 41 15 13 13 +1 58
15 Stoke 42 15 11 16 +6 56
16 Blackpool 40 15 10 15 -1 55
17 Derby 42 13 13 16 -6 52
18 Cardiff 41 14 8 19 -11 50
19 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 -20 48
20 Reading 42 13 8 21 -26 47
21 Birmingham 42 11 13 18 -18 46
22 Hull 42 12 8 22 -10 44
23 Barnsley 40 6 12 22 -26 30
24 Peterboro 41 6 10 25 -48 28
25 Peterborough 40 6 9 25 -48 27

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.

Match report

Reading Cardiff
1–0 Lucas João
A. Yiadom
7′
Half-time 1–1
59′
A. Doughty 1–1
J. Ralls
T. Dele-Bashiru 🔁
↦ J. Hoilett
60′
64′
🔁 W. Vaulks
↦ J. Ralls
70′
🟨 Perry Ng
74′
🔁 I. Davies
↦ A. Doughty
F. Azeez 🔁
↦ J. Swift
77′
85′
W. Vaulks 1–2
T. Doyle
B. Barker 🔁
↦ T. Ince
87′
94′
🔁 U. Ikpeazu
↦ J. Hugill
Full-time 1–2

Line-ups

Reading

4-2-3-1
1 Ø. Nyland G
4 M. Morrison D
17 A. Yiadom D
5 T. Mcintyre D
3 T. Holmes D
15 D. Drinkwater M
9 T. Ince M
10 J. Swift M
28 J. Laurent M
23 J. Hoilett M
18 Lucas João F
Bench (7)
19 T. Dele-Bashiru
30 F. Azeez
33 B. Barker
22 L. Southwood
21 A. Baba
12 T. Thomas
14 O. Ejaria

Coach: P. Ince

Cardiff

4-2-3-1
1 D. Phillips G
16 C. Nelson D
38 P. Ng D
17 C. Drameh D
3 J. Bagan D
8 J. Ralls M
15 R. Wintle M
22 T. Doyle M
18 A. Doughty M
27 R. Colwill M
9 J. Hugill F
Bench (7)
6 W. Vaulks
39 I. Davies
10 U. Ikpeazu
43 R. Luthra
5 A. Flint
29 M. Harris
2 M. McGuinness

Coach: S. Morison

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

1X2
H
2,39
U
3,23
B ✓
3,11
Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
O2,5 ✓
2,28
U2,5
1,62
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja ✓
BLS nei

Referee

M Salisbury · 127 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,3 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
22,3 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,15 per match

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