Ace Football previews the Championship clash between Reading and Swansea and offers team news, fixture history, betting tips and the latest odds.
Swansea will go up against Reading on Tuesday for a Championship meeting at Select Car Leasing Stadium. Too many draws recently have halted Swansea in their progress. However, their upcoming clash with Reading could be a good opportunity to get another match this Championship season.
Position in the Championship table: Reading vs Swansea
The current Championship table shows these two sides on the same number of points so far this season. As such, both have an opportunity to gain some ground on their upcoming opponent in this round 24 clash. There is every reason to keep a close watch on Reading clashing with Swansea over three points on Tuesday.
Latest form and previous Championship encounters between Reading and Swansea
Reading in a nice flow
Reading will be out to extend their fine run of results lately. The Royals hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Hull by 1-2, before winning 1-0 against Coventry. The streak ended in a recent 3-2 defeat against Birmingham.
Swansea hope to stop the rot
Swansea will enter the match hoping to see the back of some rather disappointing results in recent matches. In their last three matches, the Swans drew 0-0 with Huddersfield, lost 0-1 against Norwich, and drew 3-3 with Coventry.
Latest encounters between Reading and Swansea
The last time the two teams faced off against each other, Swansea came away as 3-2 winners. It was a match played at Swansea.com Stadium back in October 2022 in the Championship. This time round, betting on Swansea will get you odds 2.45, meaning the bookies predict, they are in with a 41% chance of beating Reading. You can get a price of 2.88, should you wish to add Reading to your accumulator, if that is your preferred betting strategy.
Highlights from the last time Reading and Swansea met:
Betting stats and facts for Reading and Swansea
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Reading and Swansea. The facts are based on statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 16 of the last 18 Reading home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Reading matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Reading have scored in 13 of the last 15 home matches
- In 4 of the last 5 Reading home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Reading have scored in 7 of the last 9 matches
- Swansea have not won 7 of the last 8 matches
- Swansea have not lost 8 of the last 10 matches
- Swansea have not lost 8 of the last 10 away matches
- Swansea have conceded in 9 of the last 11 away matches
- Swansea have not won 6 of the last 7 away matches
- Reading have not won 14 of the last 15 matches versus Swansea
- In 7 of the last 8 matches Reading versus Swansea played, both teams scored
- In the last 5 home matches in a row Reading versus Swansea played, both teams scored
- In the last 5 Reading home matches versus Swansea the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 3 Reading matches versus Swansea the sum of goals was over 4.5
Top marksman
The standings of the top-scoring players in the last 6 matches in the Championship show that Reading might be relying on in-form Lucas Joao when it comes to scoring in the upcoming match. On the other side, Joel Piroe has been one of the decisive players from Swansea recently. Both players are expected to be dangerous and difficult to stop on Tuesday.
Best tips for the match: Reading vs Swansea
To sum up, the upcoming Championship clash seems to be a good opportunity to place some bets. Taking into account the statements from above, we have come up with the main prediction for this match as well as some alternative betting tips.
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