Reading vs Birmingham

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🕒 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:30 Europe/London 📍 Select Car Leasing Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Alex Chilowicz 🔁 Regular Season - 33 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 33
Regular Season Table
Reading 7 · Birmingham 1
Referee Stats
18 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 56%
Draws 17%
Away wins 28%
How the match was played
  • Match ended level at 0-0.
  • Shots were tight (8-12).
  • Possession was balanced (49%-51%).

Team Overview

Reading (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 14-4-5

Goals For / Against

37 / 21
Avg: 1.61 / 0.91

Points

46
Avg: 2.00

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

5
Birmingham (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 15-5-3

Goals For / Against

37 / 20
Avg: 1.61 / 0.87

Points

50
Avg: 2.17

Clean Sheets

8

Failed to Score

2

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League One fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.00
PPG
2.17
1.61
GF
1.61
0.91
GA
0.87
48%
O2.5
48%
48%
BTTS
61%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Reading rank7th
Birmingham rank1st
Reading points75
Birmingham points111
Reading: #7 · 75 pts · GD +11
17 pts off the top 2. 8 pts above the play-off edge. 29 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Birmingham: #1 · 111 pts · GD +53
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 44 pts above the play-off edge. 65 pts clear of the relegation zone.
36-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Reading last 5 home

L L W W D
Points7/15
Weighted index36
Goals7-7
Record2-1-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Birmingham last 5 away

W W W W W
Points15/15
Weighted index100
Goals9-3
Record5-0-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.548%
BTTS48%
BTTS + O2.539%
1H Over 0.552%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 26% · 1H BTTS 13%

Birmingham trend breakdown

Over 2.548%
BTTS61%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.574%
Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 17% · 1H BTTS 43%

Scoring reliability

Reading score at home78%
Reading clean sheet at home39%
Birmingham score away91%
Birmingham clean sheet away35%

First-goal patterns

Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Birmingham score first0%
Birmingham win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Reading 0% · Birmingham 0%

Vs league average

Reading score at home1.61 vs 1.40
Reading concede at home0.91 vs 1.18
Birmingham score away1.61 vs 1.18
Birmingham concede away0.87 vs 1.40
Reading score 15% above league average, while Birmingham score 36% above league average.
Defensive side: Reading are 23% below league average at home, and Birmingham are 38% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games2
Avg goals1.00
BTTS50%
Over 2.50%
At this venue setup: 0.00 goals on average across the last 1.

Reading goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Birmingham goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
4
3
Total Shots
8
12
Shots off Goal
3
6
Blocked Shots
1
3
Shots Inside Box
4
8
Shots Outside Box
4
4
Ball Possession
49%
51%
Corner Kicks
4
7
Fouls
11
12
Offsides
2
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
Goalkeeper Saves
1
4
Total Passes
399
413
Passes Accurate
275
302
Passes %
69%
73%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games2
Home Wins0
Draws2
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals0 (0.0%)
BTTS1 (50.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games1
Home Wins0
Draws1
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals0 (0.0%)
BTTS0 (0.0%)

Reading vs Birmingham Head-to-Head History by Season