Reading 1–2 Cardiff – England Championship, 9 Apr 2022

Match facts

Reading Cardiff

10 Shots 7

2 Shots on target 3

5 Corners 5

8 Fouls 10

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (476 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.57

Expected goals 1.64 – 1.55

Home / Draw / Away

40% 23% 36%

ReadingDrawCardiff

Under / Over 2.5 goals

38% 62%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

37% 64%

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 8.6% 1–2 8.1%

Statistics 2021/2022, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.08points / match

1.18scored / match

1.88conceded / match

12 7 21

WonDrawnLost 40 played · 47:75

Cardiff before this match, all matches

1.18points / match

1.15scored / match

1.54conceded / match

13 7 19

WonDrawnLost 39 played · 45:60

Reading all matches all matches Cardiff

Per match

1.18 Goals scored 1.15

1.88 Goals conceded 1.54

3.05 Total goals 2.69

10.35 Shots 11.64

3.65 Shots on target 3.85

14.95 Shots faced 11.26

3.78 Corners 4.31

5.33 Corners against 5.08

9.73 Fouls 12.00

1.53 Yellow cards 2.21

0.53 1st-half goals scored 0.23

0.70 1st-half goals conceded 0.67

How often Full Time

30% Wins 33%

18% Draws 18%

53% Losses 49%

98% Over 0.5 goals 97%

75% Over 1.5 goals 74%

57% Over 2.5 goals 56%

38% Over 3.5 goals 26%

25% Over 4.5 goals 10%

8% Over 5.5 goals 5%

57% Both teams scored 51%

13% Clean sheets 15%

33% Failed to score 36%

How often Half Time

23% Wins 15%

40% Draws 33%

38% Losses 51%

73% Over 0.5 goals 69%

30% Over 1.5 goals 15%

13% Over 2.5 goals 5%

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

Reading all matches

D

3

2

W

2

1

W

1

4

L

1

L

4

L

1

D

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

Cardiff all matches

1

2

L

2

W

1

D

1

2

L

1

L

1

W

2

1

W

D

2

1

W

4

L

Reading before this match, at home

1.25points / match

1.40scored / match

1.85conceded / match

7 4 9

WonDrawnLost 20 played · 28:37

Cardiff before this match, away

1.22points / match

1.33scored / match

1.83conceded / match

6 4 8

WonDrawnLost 18 played · 24:33

Reading at home away Cardiff

Per match

1.40 Goals scored 1.33

1.85 Goals conceded 1.83

3.25 Total goals 3.17

10.25 Shots 11.89

3.80 Shots on target 4.00

13.50 Shots faced 13.06

3.60 Corners 3.67

5.60 Corners against 5.89

10.15 Fouls 12.17

1.35 Yellow cards 2.28

0.60 1st-half goals scored 0.17

0.70 1st-half goals conceded 0.78

How often Full Time

35% Wins 33%

20% Draws 22%

45% Losses 44%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

75% Over 1.5 goals 89%

55% Over 2.5 goals 72%

40% Over 3.5 goals 28%

30% Over 4.5 goals 17%

15% Over 5.5 goals 11%

60% Both teams scored 67%

15% Clean sheets 11%

25% Failed to score 22%

How often Half Time

20% Wins 11%

50% Draws 39%

30% Losses 50%

70% Over 0.5 goals 67%

35% Over 1.5 goals 22%

10% Over 2.5 goals 6%

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

Reading at home

1

D

2

D

7

L

2

L

3

4

L

2

3

L

2

1

W

1

L

1

W

2

1

W

Cardiff away

2

1

W

2

1

W

2

D

3

L

1

D

2

3

L

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

2

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.22	Reading – Stoke	2–1 (1–1)	2.75	3.25	2.60	2.30	1.61
02.04.22	Barnsley – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.10	1.72
19.03.22	Reading – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	3.20	3.20	2.30	2.10	1.72
15.03.22	Bournemouth – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	1.36	5.50	7.00	1.61	2.30
12.03.22	Nott'm Forest – Reading	4–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.20	6.00	1.80	2.00
05.03.22	Reading – Millwall	0–1 (0–1)	3.00	3.25	2.45	2.20	1.66
26.02.22	Blackpool – Reading	4–1 (1–1)	1.95	3.50	3.75	1.90	1.95
22.02.22	Reading – Birmingham	2–1 (0–0)	2.55	3.30	2.75	1.95	1.90
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

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.04.22	Cardiff – Swansea	0–4 (0–1)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.30	1.61
16.03.22	Cardiff – Stoke	2–1 (2–1)	2.45	3.30	3.00	2.37	1.57
12.03.22	Cardiff – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	3.00	2.62	1.50
05.03.22	QPR – Cardiff	1–2 (1–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.20	1.66
01.03.22	Cardiff – Derby	1–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.30	4.00	2.37	1.57
26.02.22	Cardiff – Fulham	0–1 (0–1)	5.00	4.00	1.61	1.80	2.00
23.02.22	Huddersfield – Cardiff	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.20	1.66
19.02.22	Cardiff – Blackpool	1–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.40	3.80	2.20	1.66
15.02.22	Cardiff – Coventry	2–0 (0–0)	2.90	3.25	2.45	2.20	1.66
12.02.22	Millwall – Cardiff	2–1 (0–0)	2.37	3.30	3.10	2.30	1.61

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.22	Reading – Stoke	2–1 (1–1)	2.75	3.25	2.60	2.30	1.61
19.03.22	Reading – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	3.20	3.20	2.30	2.10	1.72
05.03.22	Reading – Millwall	0–1 (0–1)	3.00	3.25	2.45	2.20	1.66
22.02.22	Reading – Birmingham	2–1 (0–0)	2.55	3.30	2.75	1.95	1.90
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

Cardiff away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.03.22	QPR – Cardiff	1–2 (1–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.20	1.66
23.02.22	Huddersfield – Cardiff	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.20	1.66
12.02.22	Millwall – Cardiff	2–1 (0–0)	2.37	3.30	3.10	2.30	1.61
02.02.22	Barnsley – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.90	3.10	2.55	2.20	1.66
22.01.22	Bristol City – Cardiff	3–2 (1–1)	2.50	3.25	2.90	1.93	1.93
02.01.22	West Brom – Cardiff	1–1 (0–1)	1.55	3.80	6.50	2.00	1.85
30.12.21	Bournemouth – Cardiff	3–0 (1–0)	1.61	4.00	5.50	1.93	1.93
11.12.21	Birmingham – Cardiff	2–2 (2–0)	2.37	3.30	3.10	2.10	1.72
27.11.21	Luton – Cardiff	1–2 (0–1)	1.90	3.50	4.00	2.05	1.80
20.11.21	Preston – Cardiff	1–2 (1–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.10	1.72

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 winsDrawsCardiff wins

1matches

1.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

0%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.10.21E1	Cardiff – Reading	0–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.40	3.80	1.90	1.90

England Championship table 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	39	25	8	6	93	32	+61	83
2	Bournemouth	39	21	10	8	62	35	+27	73
3	Huddersfield	40	18	12	10	52	43	+9	66
4	Luton	40	18	11	11	59	45	+14	65
5	Sheffield United	41	18	11	12	53	41	+12	65
6	Nott'm Forest	38	18	10	10	59	36	+23	64
7	Middlesbrough	39	18	8	13	52	41	+11	62
8	Blackburn	40	17	11	12	51	41	+10	62
9	QPR	40	17	8	15	54	51	+3	59
10	Millwall	40	15	13	12	41	39	+2	58
11	West Brom	40	15	12	13	44	37	+7	57
12	Coventry	40	15	11	14	51	50	+1	56
13	Preston	40	13	15	12	41	45	-4	54
14	Swansea	39	15	9	15	46	52	-6	54
15	Stoke	40	14	10	16	50	46	+4	52
16	Blackpool	39	14	10	15	43	46	-3	52
17	Derby	40	12	13	15	39	45	-6	49
18	Cardiff	39	13	7	19	45	60	-15	46
19	Birmingham	40	11	12	17	43	58	-15	45
20	Bristol City	40	12	8	20	51	72	-21	44
21	Reading	40	12	7	21	47	75	-28	43
22	Hull	40	11	8	21	33	45	-12	41
23	Barnsley	39	6	11	22	29	55	-26	29
24	Peterboro	40	6	9	25	33	81	-48	27

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	19	12	4	3	45	16	+29	40
2	Blackburn	20	12	4	4	35	21	+14	40
3	Sheffield United	20	11	5	4	32	13	+19	38
4	Bournemouth	19	11	5	3	38	20	+18	38
5	Middlesbrough	19	12	2	5	29	17	+12	38
6	West Brom	19	10	7	2	26	12	+14	37
7	Derby	20	10	7	3	27	17	+10	37
8	Luton	20	10	6	4	34	21	+13	36
9	Millwall	20	10	6	4	23	14	+9	36
10	Coventry	21	10	5	6	31	21	+10	35
11	Huddersfield	19	10	5	4	27	20	+7	35
12	Nott'm Forest	20	10	4	6	32	21	+11	34
13	QPR	21	9	6	6	28	22	+6	33
14	Blackpool	21	10	3	8	23	23	0	33
15	Stoke	20	9	4	7	28	21	+7	31
16	Preston	19	7	9	3	25	21	+4	30
17	Swansea	18	8	5	5	23	20	+3	29
18	Bristol City	20	7	6	7	26	27	-1	27
19	Birmingham	20	7	5	8	22	25	-3	26
20	Reading	20	7	4	9	28	37	-9	25
21	Cardiff	21	7	3	11	21	27	-6	24
22	Barnsley	20	5	7	8	17	22	-5	22
23	Peterboro	20	4	7	9	20	31	-11	19
24	Hull	20	5	3	12	16	26	-10	18

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	20	13	4	3	48	16	+32	43
2	Bournemouth	20	10	5	5	24	15	+9	35
3	Huddersfield	21	8	7	6	25	23	+2	31
4	Nott'm Forest	18	8	6	4	27	15	+12	30
5	Luton	20	8	5	7	25	24	+1	29
6	Sheffield United	21	7	6	8	21	28	-7	27
7	QPR	19	8	2	9	26	29	-3	26
8	Swansea	21	7	4	10	23	32	-9	25
9	Middlesbrough	20	6	6	8	23	24	-1	24
10	Preston	21	6	6	9	16	24	-8	24
11	Hull	20	6	5	9	17	19	-2	23
12	Blackburn	20	5	7	8	16	20	-4	22
13	Millwall	20	5	7	8	18	25	-7	22
14	Cardiff	18	6	4	8	24	33	-9	22
15	Stoke	20	5	6	9	22	25	-3	21
16	Coventry	19	5	6	8	20	29	-9	21
17	West Brom	21	5	5	11	18	25	-7	20
18	Blackpool	18	4	7	7	20	23	-3	19
19	Birmingham	20	4	7	9	21	33	-12	19
20	Reading	20	5	3	12	19	38	-19	18
21	Bristol City	20	5	2	13	25	45	-20	17
22	Derby	20	2	6	12	12	28	-16	12
23	Peterboro	20	2	2	16	13	50	-37	8
24	Barnsley	19	1	4	14	12	33	-21	7

Reading Cardiff

Under / Over goals 2021/2022, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	20	Bristol City	40	14	26	1.3	1.8	12	8	20	51	72	44
2	24	Peterboro	40	15	25	0.8	2.0	6	9	25	33	81	27
3	21	Reading	40	17	23	1.2	1.9	12	7	21	47	75	43
4	18	Cardiff	39	17	22	1.2	1.5	13	7	19	45	60	46
5	4	Luton	40	19	21	1.5	1.1	18	11	11	59	45	65
6	9	QPR	40	19	21	1.4	1.3	17	8	15	54	51	59
7	19	Birmingham	40	19	21	1.1	1.4	11	12	17	43	58	45
8	1	Fulham	39	19	20	2.4	0.8	25	8	6	93	32	83
9	2	Bournemouth	39	19	20	1.6	0.9	21	10	8	62	35	73
10	14	Swansea	39	19	20	1.2	1.3	15	9	15	46	52	54
11	6	Nott'm Forest	38	19	19	1.6	0.9	18	10	10	59	36	64
12	15	Stoke	40	21	19	1.2	1.1	14	10	16	50	46	52
13	12	Coventry	40	22	18	1.3	1.2	15	11	14	51	50	56
14	3	Huddersfield	40	23	17	1.3	1.1	18	12	10	52	43	66
15	13	Preston	40	23	17	1.0	1.1	13	15	12	41	45	54
16	5	Sheffield United	41	25	16	1.3	1.0	18	11	12	53	41	65
17	7	Middlesbrough	39	23	16	1.3	1.1	18	8	13	52	41	62
18	8	Blackburn	40	24	16	1.3	1.0	17	11	12	51	41	62
19	16	Blackpool	39	23	16	1.1	1.2	14	10	15	43	46	52
20	17	Derby	40	25	15	1.0	1.1	12	13	15	39	45	49
21	11	West Brom	40	26	14	1.1	0.9	15	12	13	44	37	57
22	10	Millwall	40	27	13	1.0	1.0	15	13	12	41	39	58
23	23	Barnsley	39	26	13	0.7	1.4	6	11	22	29	55	29
24	22	Hull	40	30	10	0.8	1.1	11	8	21	33	45	41

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Bournemouth	19	5	14	2.0	1.1	11	5	3	38	20	38
2	4	Luton	20	8	12	1.7	1.1	10	6	4	34	21	36
3	6	Nott'm Forest	20	8	12	1.6	1.1	10	4	6	32	21	34
4	1	Fulham	19	8	11	2.4	0.8	12	4	3	45	16	40
5	8	Blackburn	20	9	11	1.8	1.1	12	4	4	35	21	40
6	19	Birmingham	20	9	11	1.1	1.2	7	5	8	22	25	26
7	20	Bristol City	20	9	11	1.3	1.4	7	6	7	26	27	27
8	21	Reading	20	9	11	1.4	1.9	7	4	9	28	37	25
9	24	Peterboro	20	9	11	1.0	1.6	4	7	9	20	31	19
10	12	Coventry	21	11	10	1.5	1.0	10	5	6	31	21	35
11	13	Preston	19	10	9	1.3	1.1	7	9	3	25	21	30
12	14	Swansea	18	9	9	1.3	1.1	8	5	5	23	20	29
13	15	Stoke	20	11	9	1.4	1.1	9	4	7	28	21	31
14	16	Blackpool	21	12	9	1.1	1.1	10	3	8	23	23	33
15	18	Cardiff	21	12	9	1.0	1.3	7	3	11	21	27	24
16	3	Huddersfield	19	11	8	1.4	1.1	10	5	4	27	20	35
17	7	Middlesbrough	19	11	8	1.5	0.9	12	2	5	29	17	38
18	9	QPR	21	13	8	1.3	1.0	9	6	6	28	22	33
19	17	Derby	20	12	8	1.4	0.8	10	7	3	27	17	37
20	5	Sheffield United	20	13	7	1.6	0.7	11	5	4	32	13	38
21	11	West Brom	19	13	6	1.4	0.6	10	7	2	26	12	37
22	22	Hull	20	14	6	0.8	1.3	5	3	12	16	26	18
23	10	Millwall	20	15	5	1.1	0.7	10	6	4	23	14	36
24	23	Barnsley	20	16	4	0.8	1.1	5	7	8	17	22	22

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	20	Bristol City	20	5	15	1.2	2.2	5	2	13	25	45	17
2	24	Peterboro	20	6	14	0.7	2.5	2	2	16	13	50	8
3	9	QPR	19	6	13	1.4	1.5	8	2	9	26	29	26
4	18	Cardiff	18	5	13	1.3	1.8	6	4	8	24	33	22
5	21	Reading	20	8	12	0.9	1.9	5	3	12	19	38	18
6	14	Swansea	21	10	11	1.1	1.5	7	4	10	23	32	25
7	15	Stoke	20	10	10	1.1	1.2	5	6	9	22	25	21
8	19	Birmingham	20	10	10	1.1	1.6	4	7	9	21	33	19
9	1	Fulham	20	11	9	2.4	0.8	13	4	3	48	16	43
10	3	Huddersfield	21	12	9	1.2	1.1	8	7	6	25	23	31
11	4	Luton	20	11	9	1.2	1.2	8	5	7	25	24	29
12	5	Sheffield United	21	12	9	1.0	1.3	7	6	8	21	28	27
13	23	Barnsley	19	10	9	0.6	1.7	1	4	14	12	33	7
14	7	Middlesbrough	20	12	8	1.1	1.2	6	6	8	23	24	24
15	10	Millwall	20	12	8	0.9	1.2	5	7	8	18	25	22
16	11	West Brom	21	13	8	0.9	1.2	5	5	11	18	25	20
17	12	Coventry	19	11	8	1.1	1.5	5	6	8	20	29	21
18	13	Preston	21	13	8	0.8	1.1	6	6	9	16	24	24
19	6	Nott'm Forest	18	11	7	1.5	0.8	8	6	4	27	15	30
20	16	Blackpool	18	11	7	1.1	1.3	4	7	7	20	23	19
21	17	Derby	20	13	7	0.6	1.4	2	6	12	12	28	12
22	2	Bournemouth	20	14	6	1.2	0.8	10	5	5	24	15	35
23	8	Blackburn	20	15	5	0.8	1.0	5	7	8	16	20	22
24	22	Hull	20	16	4	0.8	0.9	6	5	9	17	19	23

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.