Reading vs Aston Villa stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Tue, 15 Aug 2017

ReadingHome

21Full time, half-time 0–0

Aston VillaAway

Reading won by 1 goal.

LDLLDLeague form, oldest to newestWWWDL

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

Madejski Stadium. Photo: TheSportsDB, CC0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Reading have 1 scored home results and Aston Villa 1 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 1.00 points per match (1 measured matches); Aston Villa away: 0.00 points per match (1 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.00 per home match (1 measured match); Aston Villa scored 0.00 away (1). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.19 per club appearance across 48 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 1 of 2 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. No earlier meetings between these teams are stored.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

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 half00

Second half21

The match in numbers

ReadingAston Villa

14Shots10
5Shots on target3
4Corners1
9Fouls10
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

Shots14
On target5
Goals2

36% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Aston Villa

Shots10
On target3
Goals1

30% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

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

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

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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. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

No valid scored meetings are available in this bounded stored window.

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

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

Aston VillaDWLWWD

Sat, 10 Octv Brentford2–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 19 Sept@ Tottenham3–2C 1–11 · Y 2–1
Wed, 16 Sept@ Coventry3–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Nott'm Forest1–2C 6–1 · Y 2–5
Tue, 8 Sept@ Club Brugge3–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 5 Sept@ Hull0–0C 4–3 · Y 0–2

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

Reading at home, Aston Villa away

41%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 91%
23 + 23 matches
74%
Over 1.5 goals
League 73%
23 + 23 matches
46%
Over 2.5 goals
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
24%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
4%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
23 + 23 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.55
23 + 23 matches
67%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
30%
1st half over 1.5
League 32%
23 + 23 matches
10.0
Corners per match
League 10.29
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
59%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
50%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
3.2
Cards per match
League 3.63
23 + 23 matches
39%
Cards over 3.5
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
28%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

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, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Reading at home, Aston Villa away

Reading (home)		Aston Villa (away)
20	Position	4
DWWDL	Last 5, oldest to newest	LDLWL
23	Played	23
1.00	Points per match	1.48
22%	Win %	43%
1.09	Scored / match	1.30
1.52	Conceded / match	1.00
2.61	Avg total goals	2.30
52%	Both scored	30%
17%	Clean sheets	44%
35%	Failed to score	35%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

ReadingAston Villa

0.571st half scored / match0.61
0.521st half conceded / match0.43
0.522nd half scored / match0.70
1.002nd half conceded / match0.57
26%Leading at half-time26%
70%1st half over 0.565%
30%1st half over 1.530%
83%2nd half over 0.574%
48%2nd half over 1.535%
22%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Reading at home, Aston Villa away, this season.

Goals

ReadingAston Villa

1.09Scored / match1.30
1.52Conceded / match1.00
2.61Match total / match2.30
65%Scored 1+65%
30%Scored 2+30%
83%Conceded 1+57%
52%Conceded 2+35%
78%Match over 1.570%
48%Match over 2.544%
30%Match over 3.517%

Shots and xG

ReadingAston Villa

11.57Shots for11.57
12.87Shots against12.39
3.78On target for4.00
4.48On target against4.22
9%Shot conversion11%

Corners

ReadingAston Villa

5.83Corners for4.65
4.39Corners against5.22
10.22Match total9.87
74%Over 7.570%
70%Over 8.561%
61%Over 9.557%
52%Over 10.548%
30%Over 11.539%

Cards

ReadingAston Villa

1.65Cards for1.43
1.74Cards against1.52
3.39Match total2.96
57%Over 2.557%
48%Over 3.530%
35%Over 4.522%
26%Over 5.59%
10.83Fouls committed10.78

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
2	Cardiff	46	30	90
3	Fulham	46	33	88
4	Aston Villa	46	30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	76
6	Derby	46	22	75
18	Hull	46	0	49
19	Birmingham	46	-30	46
20	Reading	46	-22	44
21	Bolton	46	-35	43
22	Barnsley	46	-24	41

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