Reading vs Preston stats and head-to-head

2019-20. Sat, 19 Oct 2019

ReadingHome

10Full time, half-time 0–0

PrestonAway

Reading won by 1 goal.

DWLLLLeague form, oldest to newestWDLWD

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 5 scored home results and Preston 5 scored away results stored in 2019-20. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 0.60 points per match (5 measured matches); Preston away: 1.00 points per match (5 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.20 per home match (5 measured matches); Preston scored 1.00 away (5). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.30 per club appearance across 268 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 6 of 10 pooled club appearances (60.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 4. Reading: 3 wins; Preston: 1 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 half00

Second half10

The match in numbers

ReadingPreston

12Shots12
6Shots on target4
9Corners6
9Fouls14
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

Shots12
On target6
Goals1

50% of shots on target, 17% of those scored.

Preston

Shots12
On target4
Goals0

33% of shots on target, 0% 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.

4 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.

Reading wins

Draws

Preston wins

Goals / meeting

2.50

10 goals in 4 meetings

Both scored

50%

2 of 4 meetings

Over 1.5

50%

2 of 4 meetings

Over 2.5

50%

2 of 4 meetings

Over 3.5

25%

1 of 4 meetings

Reading clean sheets

25%

1 of 4 meetings

Preston clean sheets

25%

1 of 4 meetings

Corners / meeting

8.25

4 with corner data

Cards / meeting

3.00

4 with card data

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

Reading at homeDWWLWD

Sat, 3 Octv Bradford1–1C 9–5 · Y 2–3
Sat, 19 Septv Notts County2–0C 4–1 · Y 2–1
Tue, 15 Septv Brentford1–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 5 Septv Blackpool3–1C 6–3 · Y 0–1
Wed, 2 Septv Mansfield5–0C 5–2 · Y 1–0
Tue, 18 Augv Wycombe1–1C ––– · Y –––

Preston awayLWLLLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 29 Aug@ Charlton0–1C 4–7 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Aug@ Bolton1–2C 2–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Sheffield United3–2C 5–10 · Y 3–0
Wed, 22 Apr@ Birmingham1–2C 3–3 · Y 2–0

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

Both clubs, all matches this season

51%
Both teams scored
League 53%
46 + 46 matches
96%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
46 + 46 matches
76%
Over 1.5 goals
League 74%
46 + 46 matches
43%
Over 2.5 goals
League 49%
46 + 46 matches
21%
Over 3.5 goals
League 27%
46 + 46 matches
10%
Over 4.5 goals
League 12%
46 + 46 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.64
46 + 46 matches
68%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
46 + 46 matches
33%
1st half over 1.5
League 31%
46 + 46 matches
10.3
Corners per match
League 10.50
46 + 46 matches
69%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
46 + 46 matches
51%
Corners over 9.5
League 58%
46 + 46 matches
47%
Corners over 10.5
League 49%
46 + 46 matches
3.1
Cards per match
League 3.38
46 + 46 matches
42%
Cards over 3.5
League 45%
46 + 46 matches
14%
Cards over 4.5
League 24%
46 + 46 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

Both clubs, all matches this season

Reading		Preston
15	Position	9
DWLLL	Last 5, oldest to newest	WDLWD
46	Played	46
1.22	Points per match	1.43
33%	Win %	39%
1.28	Scored / match	1.28
1.26	Conceded / match	1.17
2.54	Avg total goals	2.46
50%	Both scored	52%
28%	Clean sheets	20%
26%	Failed to score	33%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

ReadingPreston

0.521st half scored / match0.61
0.481st half conceded / match0.52
0.762nd half scored / match0.67
0.782nd half conceded / match0.65
26%Leading at half-time30%
63%1st half over 0.574%
30%1st half over 1.535%
89%2nd half over 0.570%
50%2nd half over 1.539%
22%Scored in both halves28%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Both clubs, every match this season.

Goals

ReadingPreston

1.28Scored / match1.28
1.26Conceded / match1.17
2.54Match total / match2.46
74%Scored 1+67%
33%Scored 2+39%
72%Conceded 1+80%
33%Conceded 2+24%
76%Match over 1.576%
48%Match over 2.539%
20%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

ReadingPreston

11.85Shots for11.76
14.78Shots against11.39
3.83On target for3.57
4.70On target against3.46
11%Shot conversion11%

Corners

ReadingPreston

4.87Corners for4.89
5.43Corners against5.39
10.30Match total10.28
76%Over 7.578%
70%Over 8.567%
50%Over 9.552%
46%Over 10.548%
39%Over 11.537%

Cards

ReadingPreston

1.63Cards for1.37
1.72Cards against1.48
3.35Match total2.85
70%Over 2.554%
48%Over 3.537%
13%Over 4.515%
11%Over 5.59%
12.20Fouls committed11.54

Referee this season

D Whitestone

Matches

Cards / match

2.92

26 matches

Over 3.5 cards

35%

26 matches

Over 4.5 cards

23%

26 matches

Fouls / match

22.54

26 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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