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Reading v Bristol City, EFL Championship, Sat, 28 Nov 2020: statistics and head to head

2020-21. Sat, 28 Nov 2020

ReadingHome
31Full time, half-time 0–0
Bristol CityAway

Reading won by 2 goals.

DDDLDLeague form, oldest to newestDLLLL

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 6 scored home results and Bristol City 6 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 2.00 points per match (6 measured matches); Bristol City away: 2.17 points per match (6 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.17 per home match (6 measured matches); Bristol City scored 1.50 away (6). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.09 per club appearance across 314 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 3 of 12 pooled club appearances (25.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Reading: 1 wins; Bristol City: 4 wins; draws: 1.

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 half00
Second half31

The match in numbers

ReadingBristol City
  • 21Shots4
  • 10Shots on target2
  • 5Corners1
  • 14Fouls13
  • 0Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

  • Shots21
  • On target10
  • Goals3

48% of shots on target, 30% of those scored.

Bristol City

  • Shots4
  • On target2
  • Goals1

50% of shots on target, 50% 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.

6 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.

1
Reading wins
1
Draws
4
Bristol City wins
Goals / meeting
2.00
12 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Reading clean sheets
0%
0 of 6 meetings
Bristol City clean sheets
67%
4 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.17
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.50
6 with card data
  1. Reading v Bristol CityTue, 28 Jan 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-200–1HT 0–0
  2. Bristol City v ReadingSat, 5 Oct 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 1–0
  3. Bristol City v ReadingFri, 19 Apr 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-191–1HT 0–0
  4. Reading v Bristol CitySat, 3 Nov 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-193–2HT 2–2
  5. Bristol City v ReadingTue, 26 Dec 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–0HT 0–0
  6. Reading v Bristol CitySat, 9 Sept 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-180–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and awayAll matches
Reading at homeDWWLWD
Bristol City awayLDWWLD

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 awayOverall
Reading at home, Bristol City away
  • 54%
    Both teams scored
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 90%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 83%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 41%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 19%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 9%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.31
    23 + 23 matches
  • 80%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 8.6
    Corners per match
    League 9.41
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 62%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 37%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.6
    Cards per match
    League 2.94
    23 + 23 matches
  • 20%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 13%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 20%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

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, 2020-21

Home and awayOverall
Reading at home, Bristol City away
Reading (home)Bristol City (away)
7Position19
DWDDDLast 5, oldest to newestDLDLL
23Played23
1.74Points per match1.17
52%Win %35%
1.61Scored / match1.22
1.17Conceded / match1.65
2.78Avg total goals2.87
52%Both scored57%
35%Clean sheets17%
13%Failed to score30%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

ReadingBristol City
  • 0.781st half scored / match0.52
  • 0.431st half conceded / match0.83
  • 0.832nd half scored / match0.70
  • 0.742nd half conceded / match0.83
  • 52%Leading at half-time26%
  • 78%1st half over 0.583%
  • 35%1st half over 1.530%
  • 87%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 48%2nd half over 1.548%
  • 26%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Reading at home, Bristol City away, this season.

Goals

ReadingBristol City
  • 1.61Scored / match1.22
  • 1.17Conceded / match1.65
  • 2.78Match total / match2.87
  • 87%Scored 1+70%
  • 48%Scored 2+39%
  • 65%Conceded 1+83%
  • 39%Conceded 2+44%
  • 87%Match over 1.578%
  • 65%Match over 2.561%
  • 26%Match over 3.535%

Shots and xG

ReadingBristol City
  • 12.22Shots for6.96
  • 9.65Shots against15.91
  • 4.83On target for3.04
  • 3.30On target against5.17
  • 13%Shot conversion18%

Corners

ReadingBristol City
  • 4.26Corners for2.70
  • 3.96Corners against6.26
  • 8.22Match total8.96
  • 52%Over 7.565%
  • 52%Over 8.557%
  • 30%Over 9.539%
  • 22%Over 10.530%
  • 13%Over 11.517%

Cards

ReadingBristol City
  • 1.04Cards for1.09
  • 1.78Cards against1.22
  • 2.83Match total2.30
  • 48%Over 2.539%
  • 26%Over 3.513%
  • 17%Over 4.59%
  • 4%Over 5.50%
  • 11.65Fouls committed11.39
Referee this season
J Simpson
Matches
26
Cards / match
2.73
26 matches
Over 3.5 cards
31%
26 matches
Over 4.5 cards
19%
26 matches
Fouls / match
26.04
26 matches

The table, 2020-21

#ClubPGDPts
5Barnsley46878
6Bournemouth462777
7Reading46870
8Cardiff461768
9QPR46268
17Nott'm Forest46-852
18Birmingham46-2452
19Bristol City46-2251
20Huddersfield46-2149
21Sheffield Weds46-2147
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