Bristol City vs Reading – After losing to Swansea City in the previous game of the Championship series 2-0, Bristol City won’t want a repeat of that outcome here.
In that game, Bristol City had 42% of the control and 3 of their 6 shots on goal were successful. Swansea City, on the other hand, had 17 attempts total, with 5 of them finding the back of the net.
The goals for Swansea City came courtesy of Liam Cullen (in the 34th minute) and Olivier Ntcham (in the 77th minute).
Recently, Bristol City has had trouble breaking down defenses. In their previous 6 games, they have only scored 2 goals against opposing sides.
Bristol City has also had eight goals scored against them in those contests. We’ll just have to wait and see if this pattern repeats itself in the forthcoming game, though.
Bristol City has won all six of their prior home league games entering this match. Reading and Hull City drew 1-1 in their prior matchup in the Championship.
Reading had 39% of the possession in that encounter and 11 shots on goal, with 5 of them being successful. Andy Carroll was the lone scorer for Reading (44′).
Hull City had a total of 12 attempts at the goal, of which four were successful. It was Regan Slater who struck the goal for Hull City in the 26th minute.
Looking at their recent results, Reading has conceded goals in 6 of their last 6 games, giving up a total of 11 goals. Reading’s defense hasn’t exactly been very strong.
Reading has played eight league games without an away victory coming into this encounter. There will undoubtedly be a need for their journey assistance here.
Bristol City vs Reading – Betting Analysis
Looking at their previous head-to-head matches dating back to January 28, 2020, there hasn’t been much competition between the teams, with Bristol City winning three of those games, Reading winning three, and 0 games ending in regular time draws.
In these contests, they combined to score 17 goals, with 7 coming from The Robins and 10 from The Royals. 2.83 goals have been scored on average per contest.
The teams’ prior league meeting took place on Championship Match Day 17 on October 22, 2022, with Reading defeating Bristol City 2-0.
Reading had 42% of the possession that day and made 15 efforts at goal, four of which were successful. Mamadou Loum (52′) and Andy Carroll (93′) scored the goals.
Five shots were taken by Bristol City in the direction of the goal, but none of them were successful. Judge duties were handled by John Busby.
Nigel Pearson, the manager of Bristol City, will be appreciative that he has no fitness concerns at all going into this game and that he has a completely healthy group to choose from.
The Reading manager, Paul Ince, has no notable worries regarding fitness going into this game because his team is completely injury-free and prepared.
When Bristol City plays Reading, we predict that they will most likely fail to score and that Bristol City will score multiple goals.
What are the best odds for the game?
Regarding the current betting odds in the full-time result market, a victory for Bristol City is best priced at 1.85, betting on the draw is 3.52 and selecting a win for Reading gets 4.65. These are the top market prices on offer at present.
Bristol City vs Reading – Head -to- Head
Our Prediction: Home Win or Draw
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