Ace Football previews the League One game between Birmingham and Reading who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Birmingham enjoy home advantage, when visitors Reading swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Form: Birmingham vs Reading
Birmingham Form
In their last three matches, Birmingham drew 0-0 with Rotherham before recording another draw with Huddersfield in a 1-1 match and beat Norwich with a 1-0 scoreline.
Reading Form
Reading claimed a single victory in their last three matches. They started with a 2-2 draw against Barnsley. Afterwards, a 3-2 defeat against Burton followed, before beating Blackpool 3-2. Reading won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League One. The scoreline from these matches says 13 goals conceded and 12 scored.
Betting stats for Birmingham and Reading
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Birmingham and Reading. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 13 Birmingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Birmingham home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 9 of the last 10 Birmingham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Birmingham have won 3 of the last 4 home matches without conceding a goal
- In 5 of the last 6 Birmingham home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Reading have scored in 43 of the last 45 matches
- Reading have scored in 35 of the last 37 matches in the League One
- Reading have conceded in 24 of the last 26 away matches in the League One
- Reading have scored in 22 of the last 24 away matches
- Reading have scored in the last 10 away matches in a row in the League One
Players in form: Birmingham vs Reading
As the new League One campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Birmingham and Reading this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Popular markets: Birmingham vs Reading
Full-time result
Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Birmingham won six times and lost four as well. Reading won three times, drew two and lost five of their last 10 games away from home.
Both teams to score
Birmingham scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Reading got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Birmingham managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Both teams scored in the last 8 consecutive meetings between Birmingham and Reading.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Birmingham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Reading, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves. Reading are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 20 matches.
Suggested bet: Birmingham vs Reading
To sum up, the upcoming match between Birmingham and Reading seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this League One game.
Birmingham vs Reading: Who wins the game?
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