England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Reading, taking place on Friday, 16 December 2022, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City manager John Eustace will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 0-0 draw in his team's last league outing against Blackpool. In that game they had 42% possession and managed 10 attempts on goal, with 1 on target, compared to Blackpool who had 9 attempts and 0 on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 7, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 5 goals and some valuable points in the process. Having found the back of the net in 5 of their last 6 matches at St. Andrew's Stadium, they are developing an impressive scoring record at home.
Birmingham will take some comfort from being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 home games, but having managed just 2 wins leaves them plenty of room for improvement. Their home form in the early part of the season has produced an unusually high number of draws, with 5 draws in 11 home league games.
Goalscorer Scott Hogan will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Birmingham City.
Reading, Recent FormReading will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their home outing against Coventry City. They came away from that fixture with a 40% share of the possession and clocked up 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Coventry City, who managed 15 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
When it comes to attacking power Paul Ince will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 5 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 7 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. Away goals have been high on their agenda recently, having scored in 4 of their last 6 away league games. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
On an individual basis, Tom Ince will be looking to cause Birmingham City some problems having scored 2 goals in Reading's last 6 away games in the league.
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Reading that came out on top with a 2-1 win.
As away records go, The Royals have built up a decent scoring streak against Birmingham in the league, having scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 9 away meetings. When Reading visit The Blues in the league, goals tend to happen, with 6 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 2 goals per match.
Birmingham has lost the last 2 times they've faced Reading in the league.
Yakou Meïté will be looking to celebrate a goal with the travelling fans again and continue his scoring streak against Birmingham, having scored in each of Reading's last 0 visits to St. Andrew's Stadium.
With only Harlee Dean (Calf) and Przemysław Płacheta (Shin) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, John Eustace will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Paul Ince has a number of injury concerns in his Reading squad to contend with: Scott Dann (Calf), Liam Moore (Calf), Naby Sarr (Groin) and Dejan Tetek (Leg)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 1.7 |
| 31' | Time first goal scored | 37' |
| 57' | Time first goal conceded | 24' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 2.8 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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