England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Reading and Blackpool, taking place on Saturday, 25 February 2023, at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading.
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Reading, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Reading players having failed to take any points away from their recent 1-0 away defeat at the hands of Cardiff City. Their share of possession in that meeting was 37%, while racking up 5 shots along the way, 0 of which were on target, in contrast to Cardiff City, who had 19 shots on goal with 5 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Paul Ince will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 11 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games.
They have shown a solid run of form lately at Select Car Leasing Stadium, which has seen them go unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 home matches while registering 3 victories from the same run.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Reading, Jeff Hendrick will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Blackpool, Recent FormLosing 1-0 away to Blackburn Rovers won't leave the Blackpool squad too downbeat, given the former sits a full 14 places above them in the league. In that game they recorded 39 % of the possession, with 6 attempts on goal, 0 on target. Their opponents found the target on 3 of their 13 shots on goal.
Manager Mick McCarthy will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 4 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 8 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 8 games.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Blackpool, Gary Madine will be looking to add more goals against Reading in this match.
Reading suffered the disappointment of a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Blackpool the last time they met in the league.
The Seasiders defence has struggled at Select Car Leasing Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 10 visits. We have seen plenty of goals from The Royals when they play at home against Blackpool. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 10 goals, which is an average of 3.33 goals per game.
Blackpool has won the last 3 games they've played against Reading in the league.
Reading manager Paul Ince has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ovie Ejaria (Knee), 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.
Mick McCarthy has a number of injury concerns in his Blackpool squad to contend with: Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Liam Bridcutt (Leg), Marvin Ekpiteta (Hamstring), Charlie Goode (Hamstring), Kevin Stewart (Broken foot) and Tom Trybull (Hamstring)
Reading Playing at home | Blackpool Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 39' | Time first goal scored | 42' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 39' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.4 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 3.3 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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