Preston vs Reading stats and head-to-head

2019-20. Sun, 29 Dec 2019

PrestonHome

02Full time, half-time 0–2

ReadingAway

Reading won by 2 goals.

WDLWDLeague form, oldest to newestDWLLL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Deepdale. Photo: Hudson6dogs, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Preston have 12 scored home results and Reading 11 scored away results stored in 2019-20. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Preston at home: 2.42 points per match (12 measured matches); Reading away: 1.00 points per match (11 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Preston scored 2.42 per home match (12 measured matches); Reading scored 1.00 away (11). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.34 per club appearance across 574 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 15 of 23 pooled club appearances (65.2%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 5. Preston: 1 wins; Reading: 4 wins; draws: 0.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half02

Second half00

The match in numbers

PrestonReading

21Shots12
5Shots on target3
8Corners1
12Fouls5
0Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Preston

Shots21
On target5
Goals0

24% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Reading

Shots12
On target3
Goals2

25% of shots on target, 67% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

5 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Preston wins

Draws

Reading wins

Goals / meeting

2.20

11 goals in 5 meetings

Both scored

40%

2 of 5 meetings

Over 1.5

40%

2 of 5 meetings

Over 2.5

40%

2 of 5 meetings

Over 3.5

20%

1 of 5 meetings

Preston clean sheets

20%

1 of 5 meetings

Reading clean sheets

40%

2 of 5 meetings

Corners / meeting

9.60

5 with corner data

Cards / meeting

3.20

5 with card data

Reading v PrestonSat, 19 Oct 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 0–0
Reading v PrestonSat, 30 Mar 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-192–1HT 2–0
Preston v ReadingSat, 15 Sept 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-192–3HT 1–1
Reading v PrestonSat, 7 Apr 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-181–0HT 1–0
Preston v ReadingSat, 19 Aug 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–0HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

PrestonLWLLDL

Sat, 10 Octv Millwall0–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Sat, 12 Septv Lincoln0–1C 16–3 · Y 1–1
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 5 Septv Blackburn2–1C 3–11 · Y 4–2
Tue, 1 Septv Bristol City1–3C 5–2 · Y 2–0

ReadingLLWDDW

Sat, 10 Oct@ Milton Keynes Dons5–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 3 Octv Bradford1–1C 9–5 · Y 2–3
Sat, 26 Sept@ Wycombe2–2C 7–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 19 Septv Notts County2–0C 4–1 · Y 2–1
Tue, 15 Septv Brentford1–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Sept@ Cambridge1–2C 3–7 · Y 1–2

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Preston at home, Reading away

59%
Both teams scored
League 53%
23 + 23 matches
98%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
23 + 23 matches
80%
Over 1.5 goals
League 74%
23 + 23 matches
48%
Over 2.5 goals
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
26%
Over 3.5 goals
League 27%
23 + 23 matches
11%
Over 4.5 goals
League 12%
23 + 23 matches
2.7
Avg total goals
League 2.64
23 + 23 matches
72%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
37%
1st half over 1.5
League 31%
23 + 23 matches
10.2
Corners per match
League 10.50
23 + 23 matches
67%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
48%
Corners over 9.5
League 58%
23 + 23 matches
48%
Corners over 10.5
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
3.2
Cards per match
League 3.38
23 + 23 matches
41%
Cards over 3.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
13%
Cards over 4.5
League 24%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2019-20

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2019-20

Home and away Overall

Preston at home, Reading away

Preston (home)		Reading (away)
9	Position	15
LLLDW	Last 5, oldest to newest	WLWWL
23	Played	23
1.74	Points per match	1.35
52%	Win %	35%
1.70	Scored / match	1.43
1.26	Conceded / match	1.04
2.96	Avg total goals	2.48
65%	Both scored	52%
13%	Clean sheets	26%
22%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

PrestonReading

0.741st half scored / match0.48
0.611st half conceded / match0.48
0.962nd half scored / match0.96
0.652nd half conceded / match0.57
35%Leading at half-time26%
83%1st half over 0.561%
48%1st half over 1.526%
83%2nd half over 0.583%
48%2nd half over 1.552%
48%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Preston at home, Reading away, this season.

Goals

PrestonReading

1.70Scored / match1.43
1.26Conceded / match1.04
2.96Match total / match2.48
78%Scored 1+74%
57%Scored 2+39%
87%Conceded 1+74%
26%Conceded 2+22%
87%Match over 1.574%
57%Match over 2.539%
30%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

PrestonReading

12.39Shots for11.17
11.04Shots against14.91
4.09On target for3.78
3.09On target against4.26
14%Shot conversion13%

Corners

PrestonReading

5.30Corners for4.22
5.13Corners against5.74
10.43Match total9.96
78%Over 7.578%
65%Over 8.570%
52%Over 9.544%
52%Over 10.544%
39%Over 11.530%

Cards

PrestonReading

1.30Cards for1.91
1.57Cards against1.61
2.87Match total3.52
61%Over 2.583%
35%Over 3.548%
9%Over 4.517%
9%Over 5.513%
11.00Fouls committed12.91

Referee this season

J Gillett

Matches

Cards / match

3.67

24 matches

Over 3.5 cards

50%

24 matches

Over 4.5 cards

38%

24 matches

Fouls / match

24.58

24 matches

The table, 2019-20

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
7	Nott'm Forest	46	8	70
8	Millwall	46	6	68
9	Preston	46	5	66
10	Derby	46	-2	64
11	Blackburn	46	3	63
13	Wigan	46	1	59
14	QPR	46	-9	58
15	Reading	46	1	56
16	Stoke	46	-6	56
17	Sheffield Weds	46	-8	56

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