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Bristol City Reading betting prediction


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The most likely scenario for this game will be for Reading to not lose. For this game we expect that Reading will dominate much of the game and enjoy more opportunities to score goals because of the offensive quality the squad holds. On the other hand, the team of Bristol is going through a bad time in this championship, which will be decisive for a positive outcome in favor of the visitors.
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Preview
Bristol City and Reading face at Ashton Gate Stadium, in a match for the 25th round of the Championship. In the last league head‑to‑head, played in 26‑11‑2016, Reading got a home win by (2‑1). The recent head‑to‑head record favours the away team, since they have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. Although this is a match between 17th and 3rd of the league table, it’s actually a match between the 12th best in home matches and the 10th best in away matches.

Analysis Bristol City

After 8 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses, the home team is in the 17th position, havinf won 27 points so far. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Ipswich Town by (2‑1), after in the previous match they have lost (3‑2) an away match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 8 points in away matches, with 18 goals scored and 22 conceded, against 19 points won at their stadium, with 13 goals scored and 10 conceded. For the league, Bristol City won 16 points out of 30 possible points, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (6 out of 11 matches). They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 6 of the last 24 matches for the Championship, they have reached half‑time in front in 4 of those 6 matches and have held on to the lead in 5. In 24 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 18 times and have only turned the score around in 3. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 home matches for this competition: they have scored 6 of their 13 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Bristol City's team is off for this match from a defeat in the land of Ipswich, 2-1, making this the fifth straight defeat in this competition: the only goal of the team was scored by Abraham. Normally the commander Lee Johnson operates in 4-4-2 benefiting the ball and organized strikes, however, this game should play directly on the counterattack. It should be pointed out that the striker Tammy Abraham is the best striker of Bristol City with 12 goals. For this game the coach can't count on Smith, O’Neil, Matthews and Ekstrand, players recovering from injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Frank Fielding, Aden Flint, Adam Matthews, Mark Little, Scott Golbourne, Joe Bryan, Josh Brownhill, Callum O'Dowda, Korey Smith, Luke Freeman, Tammy Abraham.

Analysis Reading

The away team is currently in the 3rd position of the league, with 44 points won, after 13 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Blackburn Rovers, by (2‑3). In the last match, they won in a home match against Norwich City, by (3‑1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 16 points in away matches and 28 at their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 9 conceded at home, against 13 goals scored and 21 conceded in away matches. In the last 10 away league matches Reading has a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, so they have won 16 points out of 30 possible. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have never been able to turn the score around.

Reading is off for this game with a victory at home against Norwich, by 3-1, making this the second consecutive win in the competition: the goals were signed by Harriott, Kermorgant and McCleary. In this match away from home the coach Jaap Stam will keep the team in 4-3-3 and Krmorgant is the most offensive player. However, the extreme right Garath McCleary is the best finisher of the Reading with 8 goals.
For this game the coach can't count on Quinn, Rakels and Meite, all injured.

Confirmed Lineup: Ali Al-Habsi, Liam Moore, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, John Swift, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Bristol City vs Reading match, on 2 January 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Double chance, Draw or Reading ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Bristol City vs Reading on 2 January 2017 will be played at Bristol, Ashton Gate Stadium.

 

Championship - 2016/2017

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 47.4%
  • Draws 23.7%
  • Away team wins 28.9%
  • Over 1.5 73.61%
  • Over 2.5 48.83%
  • Over 3.5 25.13%
  • Goals 1446
  • Goals /match 2.6
  • Goals /match home 1.49
  • Goals /match away 1.11
  • Both teams score 52.6%
  • Goals after 80' 17.98%
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