Reading 2–1 Birmingham – England Championship, 22 Feb 2022

Match facts

Reading Birmingham

9 Shots 16

3 Shots on target 7

0 Corners 6

7 Fouls 14

0 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (384 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.58

Expected goals 1.66 – 1.52

Home / Draw / Away

41% 24% 35%

ReadingDrawBirmingham

Under / Over 2.5 goals

39% 62%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

37% 63%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

4% 0

13% 1

21% 2

22% 3

18% 4

22% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.5% 2–1 8.7% 1–2 8%

Statistics 2021/2022, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.00points / match

1.22scored / match

1.94conceded / match

9 5 18

WonDrawnLost 32 played · 39:62

Birmingham before this match, all matches

1.12points / match

1.18scored / match

1.55conceded / match

9 10 14

WonDrawnLost 33 played · 39:51

Reading all matches all matches Birmingham

Per match

1.22 Goals scored 1.18

1.94 Goals conceded 1.55

3.16 Total goals 2.73

10.44 Shots 11.48

3.69 Shots on target 3.55

15.75 Shots faced 11.27

3.63 Corners 4.00

5.72 Corners against 5.39

9.97 Fouls 12.82

1.53 Yellow cards 1.82

0.59 1st-half goals scored 0.42

0.69 1st-half goals conceded 0.67

How often Full Time

28% Wins 27%

16% Draws 30%

56% Losses 42%

97% Over 0.5 goals 88%

75% Over 1.5 goals 79%

59% Over 2.5 goals 58%

41% Over 3.5 goals 30%

28% Over 4.5 goals 9%

9% Over 5.5 goals 3%

56% Both teams scored 45%

13% Clean sheets 33%

34% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

28% Wins 27%

38% Draws 36%

34% Losses 36%

72% Over 0.5 goals 70%

31% Over 1.5 goals 30%

16% Over 2.5 goals 3%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading all matches

2

D

7

L

1

2

L

2

L

3

4

L

4

L

1

2

L

2

3

L

D

3

2

W

Birmingham all matches

1

2

L

1

D

2

6

L

2

1

W

2

D

2

D

1

2

L

1

3

L

3

W

2

D

Reading before this match, at home

1.00points / match

1.44scored / match

2.13conceded / match

4 4 8

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 23:34

Birmingham before this match, away

0.88points / match

1.06scored / match

1.76conceded / match

3 6 8

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 18:30

Reading at home away Birmingham

Per match

1.44 Goals scored 1.06

2.13 Goals conceded 1.76

3.56 Total goals 2.82

10.50 Shots 11.29

3.81 Shots on target 3.24

13.69 Shots faced 12.76

3.63 Corners 3.71

6.06 Corners against 6.29

10.63 Fouls 12.76

1.44 Yellow cards 2.12

0.69 1st-half goals scored 0.41

0.75 1st-half goals conceded 0.94

How often Full Time

25% Wins 18%

25% Draws 35%

50% Losses 47%

100% Over 0.5 goals 88%

81% Over 1.5 goals 76%

56% Over 2.5 goals 47%

50% Over 3.5 goals 41%

38% Over 4.5 goals 12%

19% Over 5.5 goals 6%

63% Both teams scored 41%

13% Clean sheets 29%

25% Failed to score 41%

How often Half Time

25% Wins 18%

44% Draws 35%

31% Losses 47%

75% Over 0.5 goals 76%

38% Over 1.5 goals 41%

13% Over 2.5 goals 6%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Reading at home

2

3

L

2

L

1

D

1

L

1

D

2

D

7

L

2

L

3

4

L

2

3

L

Birmingham away

2

W

2

L

D

1

3

L

4

L

1

D

2

6

L

2

D

1

3

L

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.02.22	Preston – Reading	2–3 (0–2)	1.72	3.60	5.00	2.10	1.77
16.02.22	Peterboro – Reading	0–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.90	1.88	1.98
12.02.22	Reading – Coventry	2–3 (1–1)	3.75	3.50	2.00	1.90	1.95
09.02.22	Bristol City – Reading	2–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.50	4.20	1.88	1.98
29.01.22	QPR – Reading	4–0 (3–0)	1.53	4.00	7.00	1.80	2.00
22.01.22	Reading – Huddersfield	3–4 (3–3)	3.00	3.25	2.45	2.20	1.66
19.01.22	Reading – Luton	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.60	2.00	2.02	1.83
15.01.22	Middlesbrough – Reading	2–1 (0–0)	1.44	4.50	7.50	1.90	1.95
11.01.22	Reading – Fulham	0–7 (0–2)	7.00	4.50	1.44	1.61	2.30
03.01.22	Reading – Derby	2–2 (1–0)	2.20	3.40	3.25	2.30	1.61

Birmingham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.02.22	Stoke – Birmingham	2–2 (1–1)	1.80	3.60	4.75	2.10	1.77
12.02.22	Birmingham – Luton	3–0 (1–0)	2.90	3.30	2.45	2.20	1.66
09.02.22	Bournemouth – Birmingham	3–1 (2–0)	1.53	4.00	7.00	1.95	1.90
04.02.22	Birmingham – Sheffield United	1–2 (0–0)	4.00	3.40	1.95	2.10	1.72
30.01.22	Derby – Birmingham	2–2 (0–1)	2.30	3.10	3.40	2.50	1.53
25.01.22	Birmingham – Peterboro	2–2 (0–1)	1.90	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.72
22.01.22	Birmingham – Barnsley	2–1 (1–0)	1.80	3.50	4.75	2.20	1.66
18.01.22	Fulham – Birmingham	6–2 (4–1)	1.28	5.50	11.00	1.61	2.30
15.01.22	Preston – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
02.01.22	Birmingham – QPR	1–2 (0–1)	2.70	3.10	2.75	2.20	1.66

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.02.22	Reading – Coventry	2–3 (1–1)	3.75	3.50	2.00	1.90	1.95
22.01.22	Reading – Huddersfield	3–4 (3–3)	3.00	3.25	2.45	2.20	1.66
19.01.22	Reading – Luton	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.60	2.00	2.02	1.83
11.01.22	Reading – Fulham	0–7 (0–2)	7.00	4.50	1.44	1.61	2.30
03.01.22	Reading – Derby	2–2 (1–0)	2.20	3.40	3.25	2.30	1.61
04.12.21	Reading – Hull	1–1 (1–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.10	1.72
23.11.21	Reading – Sheffield United	0–1 (0–0)	4.00	3.50	1.95	1.98	1.88
20.11.21	Reading – Nott'm Forest	1–1 (0–1)	3.10	3.30	2.37	2.10	1.72
30.10.21	Reading – Bournemouth	0–2 (0–1)	5.00	3.60	1.72	1.90	1.90
20.10.21	Reading – Blackpool	2–3 (2–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.00	1.80

Birmingham away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
19.02.22	Stoke – Birmingham	2–2 (1–1)	1.80	3.60	4.75	2.10	1.77
09.02.22	Bournemouth – Birmingham	3–1 (2–0)	1.53	4.00	7.00	1.95	1.90
30.01.22	Derby – Birmingham	2–2 (0–1)	2.30	3.10	3.40	2.50	1.53
18.01.22	Fulham – Birmingham	6–2 (4–1)	1.28	5.50	11.00	1.61	2.30
15.01.22	Preston – Birmingham	1–1 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
18.12.21	Blackburn – Birmingham	4–0 (1–0)	1.90	3.60	4.00	2.20	1.66
04.12.21	Millwall – Birmingham	3–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.20	3.60	2.37	1.57
23.11.21	Coventry – Birmingham	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.30	3.80	2.20	1.66
20.11.21	Hull – Birmingham	2–0 (1–0)	2.60	3.25	2.80	2.20	1.66
30.10.21	Middlesbrough – Birmingham	0–2 (0–0)	2.10	3.30	3.60	2.30	1.61

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Reading winsDrawsBirmingham wins

1matches

3.00goals / match

100%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
06.11.21E1	Birmingham – Reading	1–2 (1–0)	1.80	3.40	4.75	2.10	1.72

England Championship table 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	31	19	7	5	79	28	+51	64
2	Bournemouth	30	17	7	6	49	26	+23	58
3	Blackburn	32	15	9	8	45	33	+12	54
4	QPR	32	15	8	9	47	37	+10	53
5	Huddersfield	33	14	11	8	42	35	+7	53
6	Middlesbrough	32	15	7	10	41	32	+9	52
7	Sheffield United	31	14	8	9	43	33	+10	50
8	Coventry	32	14	8	10	42	37	+5	50
9	Nott'm Forest	32	13	9	10	43	33	+10	48
10	Luton	31	13	9	9	43	36	+7	48
11	West Brom	33	12	10	11	35	30	+5	46
12	Preston	34	11	13	10	37	38	-1	46
13	Stoke	31	12	8	11	40	34	+6	44
14	Millwall	31	11	10	10	33	33	0	43
15	Derby	32	10	12	10	33	35	-2	42
16	Blackpool	32	11	9	12	35	38	-3	42
17	Bristol City	34	11	7	16	45	61	-16	40
18	Swansea	31	10	8	13	32	43	-11	38
19	Birmingham	33	9	10	14	39	51	-12	37
20	Cardiff	32	10	6	16	39	51	-12	36
21	Hull	34	9	7	18	27	39	-12	34
22	Reading	32	9	5	18	39	62	-23	32
23	Peterboro	31	5	6	20	23	61	-38	21
24	Barnsley	32	4	8	20	21	46	-25	20

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	17	11	2	4	27	15	+12	35
2	Fulham	17	10	4	3	41	15	+26	34
3	Blackburn	16	10	3	3	31	19	+12	33
4	West Brom	15	8	6	1	21	8	+13	30
5	Coventry	16	9	3	4	24	14	+10	30
6	QPR	17	8	6	3	24	14	+10	30
7	Derby	16	8	6	2	22	14	+8	30
8	Luton	16	8	5	3	26	17	+9	29
9	Millwall	16	8	5	3	20	13	+7	29
10	Huddersfield	16	8	5	3	22	16	+6	29
11	Bournemouth	14	8	3	3	29	15	+14	27
12	Bristol City	18	7	5	6	23	23	0	26
13	Blackpool	17	8	2	7	17	18	-1	26
14	Stoke	16	7	4	5	24	18	+6	25
15	Swansea	15	7	4	4	19	14	+5	25
16	Sheffield United	14	7	3	4	23	11	+12	24
17	Preston	17	5	9	3	22	20	+2	24
18	Nott'm Forest	16	6	4	6	21	20	+1	22
19	Birmingham	16	6	4	6	21	21	0	22
20	Hull	17	5	3	9	15	20	-5	18
21	Cardiff	16	5	2	9	18	21	-3	17
22	Peterboro	15	4	5	6	15	18	-3	17
23	Reading	16	4	4	8	23	34	-11	16
24	Barnsley	15	3	4	8	9	17	-8	13

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	16	9	4	3	20	11	+9	31
2	Fulham	14	9	3	2	38	13	+25	30
3	Nott'm Forest	16	7	5	4	22	13	+9	26
4	Sheffield United	17	7	5	5	20	22	-2	26
5	Huddersfield	17	6	6	5	20	19	+1	24
6	QPR	15	7	2	6	23	23	0	23
7	Preston	17	6	4	7	15	18	-3	22
8	Blackburn	16	5	6	5	14	14	0	21
9	Coventry	16	5	5	6	18	23	-5	20
10	Stoke	15	5	4	6	16	16	0	19
11	Luton	15	5	4	6	17	19	-2	19
12	Cardiff	16	5	4	7	21	30	-9	19
13	Middlesbrough	15	4	5	6	14	17	-3	17
14	Blackpool	15	3	7	5	18	20	-2	16
15	Hull	17	4	4	9	12	19	-7	16
16	West Brom	18	4	4	10	14	22	-8	16
17	Reading	16	5	1	10	16	28	-12	16
18	Birmingham	17	3	6	8	18	30	-12	15
19	Millwall	15	3	5	7	13	20	-7	14
20	Bristol City	16	4	2	10	22	38	-16	14
21	Swansea	16	3	4	9	13	29	-16	13
22	Derby	16	2	6	8	11	21	-10	12
23	Barnsley	17	1	4	12	12	29	-17	7
24	Peterboro	16	1	1	14	8	43	-35	4

Reading Birmingham

Under / Over goals 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Bristol City	34	11	23	1.3	1.8	11	7	16	45	61	40
2	19	Birmingham	33	14	19	1.2	1.5	9	10	14	39	51	37
3	22	Reading	32	13	19	1.2	1.9	9	5	18	39	62	32
4	1	Fulham	31	13	18	2.5	0.9	19	7	5	79	28	64
5	20	Cardiff	32	14	18	1.2	1.6	10	6	16	39	51	36
6	23	Peterboro	31	13	18	0.7	2.0	5	6	20	23	61	21
7	2	Bournemouth	30	14	16	1.6	0.9	17	7	6	49	26	58
8	4	QPR	32	16	16	1.5	1.2	15	8	9	47	37	53
9	9	Nott'm Forest	32	16	16	1.3	1.0	13	9	10	43	33	48
10	18	Swansea	31	15	16	1.0	1.4	10	8	13	32	43	38
11	8	Coventry	32	17	15	1.3	1.2	14	8	10	42	37	50
12	10	Luton	31	16	15	1.4	1.2	13	9	9	43	36	48
13	12	Preston	34	19	15	1.1	1.1	11	13	10	37	38	46
14	3	Blackburn	32	18	14	1.4	1.0	15	9	8	45	33	54
15	7	Sheffield United	31	17	14	1.4	1.1	14	8	9	43	33	50
16	13	Stoke	31	17	14	1.3	1.1	12	8	11	40	34	44
17	5	Huddersfield	33	20	13	1.3	1.1	14	11	8	42	35	53
18	15	Derby	32	19	13	1.0	1.1	10	12	10	33	35	42
19	16	Blackpool	32	19	13	1.1	1.2	11	9	12	35	38	42
20	6	Middlesbrough	32	20	12	1.3	1.0	15	7	10	41	32	52
21	11	West Brom	33	21	12	1.1	0.9	12	10	11	35	30	46
22	24	Barnsley	32	20	12	0.7	1.4	4	8	20	21	46	20
23	14	Millwall	31	20	11	1.1	1.1	11	10	10	33	33	43
24	21	Hull	34	26	8	0.8	1.1	9	7	18	27	39	34

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Bournemouth	14	2	12	2.1	1.1	8	3	3	29	15	27
2	19	Birmingham	16	5	11	1.3	1.3	6	4	6	21	21	22
3	1	Fulham	17	7	10	2.4	0.9	10	4	3	41	15	34
4	3	Blackburn	16	6	10	1.9	1.2	10	3	3	31	19	33
5	9	Nott'm Forest	16	6	10	1.3	1.2	6	4	6	21	20	22
6	10	Luton	16	7	9	1.6	1.1	8	5	3	26	17	29
7	17	Bristol City	18	9	9	1.3	1.3	7	5	6	23	23	26
8	22	Reading	16	7	9	1.4	2.1	4	4	8	23	34	16
9	8	Coventry	16	8	8	1.5	0.9	9	3	4	24	14	30
10	12	Preston	17	9	8	1.3	1.2	5	9	3	22	20	24
11	13	Stoke	16	8	8	1.5	1.1	7	4	5	24	18	25
12	6	Middlesbrough	17	10	7	1.6	0.9	11	2	4	27	15	35
13	15	Derby	16	9	7	1.4	0.9	8	6	2	22	14	30
14	16	Blackpool	17	10	7	1.0	1.1	8	2	7	17	18	26
15	18	Swansea	15	8	7	1.3	0.9	7	4	4	19	14	25
16	20	Cardiff	16	9	7	1.1	1.3	5	2	9	18	21	17
17	23	Peterboro	15	8	7	1.0	1.2	4	5	6	15	18	17
18	7	Sheffield United	14	8	6	1.6	0.8	7	3	4	23	11	24
19	4	QPR	17	12	5	1.4	0.8	8	6	3	24	14	30
20	5	Huddersfield	16	11	5	1.4	1.0	8	5	3	22	16	29
21	11	West Brom	15	10	5	1.4	0.5	8	6	1	21	8	30
22	14	Millwall	16	11	5	1.2	0.8	8	5	3	20	13	29
23	21	Hull	17	12	5	0.9	1.2	5	3	9	15	20	18
24	24	Barnsley	15	12	3	0.6	1.1	3	4	8	9	17	13

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Bristol City	16	2	14	1.4	2.4	4	2	10	22	38	14
2	4	QPR	15	4	11	1.5	1.5	7	2	6	23	23	23
3	20	Cardiff	16	5	11	1.3	1.9	5	4	7	21	30	19
4	23	Peterboro	16	5	11	0.5	2.7	1	1	14	8	43	4
5	22	Reading	16	6	10	1.0	1.8	5	1	10	16	28	16
6	18	Swansea	16	7	9	0.8	1.8	3	4	9	13	29	13
7	24	Barnsley	17	8	9	0.7	1.7	1	4	12	12	29	7
8	1	Fulham	14	6	8	2.7	0.9	9	3	2	38	13	30
9	5	Huddersfield	17	9	8	1.2	1.1	6	6	5	20	19	24
10	7	Sheffield United	17	9	8	1.2	1.3	7	5	5	20	22	26
11	19	Birmingham	17	9	8	1.1	1.8	3	6	8	18	30	15
12	8	Coventry	16	9	7	1.1	1.4	5	5	6	18	23	20
13	11	West Brom	18	11	7	0.8	1.2	4	4	10	14	22	16
14	12	Preston	17	10	7	0.9	1.1	6	4	7	15	18	22
15	9	Nott'm Forest	16	10	6	1.4	0.8	7	5	4	22	13	26
16	10	Luton	15	9	6	1.1	1.3	5	4	6	17	19	19
17	13	Stoke	15	9	6	1.1	1.1	5	4	6	16	16	19
18	14	Millwall	15	9	6	0.9	1.3	3	5	7	13	20	14
19	15	Derby	16	10	6	0.7	1.3	2	6	8	11	21	12
20	16	Blackpool	15	9	6	1.2	1.3	3	7	5	18	20	16
21	6	Middlesbrough	15	10	5	0.9	1.1	4	5	6	14	17	17
22	2	Bournemouth	16	12	4	1.2	0.7	9	4	3	20	11	31
23	3	Blackburn	16	12	4	0.9	0.9	5	6	5	14	14	21
24	21	Hull	17	14	3	0.7	1.1	4	4	9	12	19	16

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.