England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Reading and Sheffield United, taking place on Tuesday, 07 March 2023, at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading.
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Reading, Recent FormPaul Ince will have some work to do building up his players after their 5-0 away thrashing at the hands of Middlesbrough. During that encounter they had 35% possession and had 3 attempts on goal with 0 on target, while their opponents hit 6 of their 13 shots on goal.
Ince will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 7 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 11 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games.
They have been performing well at Select Car Leasing Stadium recently and are unbeaten in their last 6 home games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Reading, Tom Ince will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Sheffield United, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Sheffield United players having failed to take any points away from their recent 1-0 away defeat at the hands of Blackburn Rovers. In that game they had 54% possession and managed 14 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Blackburn Rovers who had 11 attempts and 2 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Paul Heckingbottom will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 7 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 7 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Scoring goals away from home is something they have consistently achieved of late, having notched up goals in 4 of their last 6 matches on their travels. 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.
This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.
James McAtee will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Reading in this match, having already scored 2 goals in his last 6 away games for Sheffield United.
A defeat for Reading in their last match against Sheffield United was not completely unexpected, but they will have been disappointed to lose by 4 goals.
The Blades will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Reading, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 12 meetings between the two. In their past 5 meetings, Sheff. Utd's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so The Royals will have to take their chances when they come. Sheff. Utd have managed to keep a clean sheet against Reading in 4 of their previous 5 meetings. Sheff. Utd have a good attacking record away to The Royals in the league, having scored a total of 6 goals in their last 3 visits, which gives an average of 2 goals per game.
Sheff. Utd have dominated this away fixture in the past, winning the last 6 times in a row that they have played Reading at Select Car Leasing Stadium in the league.
With 3 goals notched up from the last 3 league meetings against Reading at their home ground Select Car Leasing Stadium, Sheff. Utd man Billy Sharp will be looking for more of the same in this one.
Reading manager Paul Ince has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ovie Ejaria (Knee), Junior Hoilett (Hamstring), Tom Holmes (Calf), Sam Hutchinson (Achilles tendon), Lucas João (Knee), Baba Rahman (Leg) and Dejan Tetek (Leg) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Paul Heckingbottom has a number of injury concerns in his Sheff. Utd squad to contend with: George Baldock (Muscle), Rhian Brewster (Hamstring), Rhys Norrington-Davies (Hamstring), Jack O'Connell (Knee) and Enda Stevens (Muscle)
Reading Playing at home | Sheffield United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 50' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 3.6 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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