Reading – Bournemouth will play on Friday, January 29, starting at 20:00 in the 27th round of the second strongest league in the world, Championship. The match will be played at Madejski Stadium. We point out that Goerge Puscasu is still injured and will not be part of the home team.
Bournemouth has prevailed in the last 5 direct matches. The last one was played on November 21, 2020, a confrontation in which the group led by Jason Tindall won at home with 4-2 after at the break Reading led with 2-0.
The home team come after a 0-0 away to Preston. It was the 5th consecutive undefeated stage for Reading, the period in which he registered 3 successes and two draws. It should be noted that in 3 of them, the group led by the Serb Veljko Paunovic did not receive a goal. Therefore, Reading is on the 5th place with a total of 44 points, 3 lengths away from Swansea which is on the 2nd, a position that ensures the direct promotion in the Premier League.
On the other hand, the visiting team comes after a 2-1 success in the dispute with Crawley from the FA Cup. Things are not as good in the internal competition for the group led by Jason Tindall. The “cherries” got only one point from the last 3 rounds and fell to 6 with a total of 42 points, two lengths away from the opponent in this game.
Reading is the second most spectacular group in the Championship with an average of 2.6 goals per match;
Reading the only team in this division that did not draw “at home” this season;
Bournemouth have not conceded a goal in 4 of the last 6 away matches;
Reading: Cabral; Holmes, Morrison, McIntyre, Richards; Rinomhota, Laurent; Olise, Swift, Ejaria; Joao;
Bournemouth: Begovic; Smith, S.Cook, Kelly, Rico; L.Cook, Lerma, Billing; Brooks, Solanke, Groeneveld;
PREDICTION: Bournemouth to win @ 2,20
