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Reading vs West Bromwich Albion Intro

The end of the season is approaching and Reading have it all to do when they host West Bromwich Albion at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The home side have been in poor form throughout the season but will fancy their chances against West Bromwich Albion, who will be disappointed with their own campaign. This Championship tie takes place on Saturday April 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM.

As Championship heads into matchweek 45, Steve Bruce can’t be too happy about his team having earned only 61 points, which puts them in the last place in the league. Paul Ince did a better job with the Saturday’s hosts: they are 21st with 41 points. Reading and West Bromwich Albion are currently seperated by a serious 20 points on the Championship table and 8 table places.

Reading vs West Bromwich Albion Form

The loss for Reading against Hull kept them at 7 points from the last five games. Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion can pick up another three vital points here after drawing with Coventry. That made it seven in the last five games. Last 5 games at played at home show that Reading have a fairly average points haul, taking 7 from 15. West Bromwich Albion have not really done that well away from home lately, picking up just 4 points from 5 games.

Reading vs West Bromwich Albion H2H

West Bromwich Albion will be hoping to claw back Reading’s lead in the H2H record. Saturday’s guests have won 5 out of 17 played, versus 6 matches won by the hosts. 6 have been drawn. West Bromwich Albion has managed to overcome Reading 2 more times in the last six games.

Reading vs West Bromwich Albion Analysis

Reading’s last match suffer a defeat. Hull was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 0-3. With that game now a memory, Paul Ince’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : West Bromwich Albion in Championship. Against Hull, Reading claimed 48% of ball possession. In terms of shots on goal, Reading struck a total of 10 shots in attack while in defence conceding 8 shots to Hull. In their last game West Bromwich Albion claimed a draw. Coventry was their last opponnent. When the referee called fulltime, the score was 0-0. In their match against Coventry, West Bromwich Albion claimed 48% of the ball. If we look at shots on goal, West Bromwich Albion had a total of 10 shots while they conceded 8 shots.