England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cardiff City and Reading, taking place on Friday, 17 February 2023, at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff.
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Cardiff City, Recent FormCardiff City will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 2-0 winners in their away fixture against Birmingham City. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Birmingham City who had 6 attempts and 1 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 4 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 7 and seen valuable points lost. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
A home win for Cardiff City is just a distant memory, having not won at Cardiff City Stadium in 8 games.
Reading, Recent FormReading will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-1 home win against Rotherham United. Their share of possession in that meeting was 53%, while racking up 13 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Rotherham United had 13 shots on goal with 1 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 6 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 11 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 8 away games out of 16 this season, Paul Ince will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
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.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Reading, Andy Carroll will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
It was not a positive ending for Cardiff City last time they met Reading in the league, with the game ending in a 2-1 defeat.
The Royals will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Cardiff having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 7 meetings.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams at Cardiff City Stadium, Reading has taken all 3 points and has not lost away to Cardiff in 5 games.
With only Ebou Adams (Leg) and Jamilu Collins (Cruciate ligament) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Sabri Lamouchi 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: Ovie Ejaria (Knee), Tom Holmes (Calf), Sam Hutchinson (Achilles tendon) and Dejan Tetek (Leg)
Cardiff City Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 53' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 44' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 3.3 |
| 1-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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