Reading vs Sunderland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th September 2022

The Championship tie at Select Car Leasing Stadium this coming Wednesday sees home team Reading up against Sunderland. Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Wednesday.

Reading approach the next Championship round as number three in the table, having claimed 15 points this season so far. With eight games behind them, Sunderland amassed 11 points, placing them as number 8 before their next fixture.

Reading have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Sunderland are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 11 goals, and while Sunderland claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.1 goals per match.

Reading vs Sunderland Prediction

Reading have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Millwall by 0-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 4-0 against Sheffield United, before claiming three points in a 2-1 win against Stoke. Reading claimed four wins in their last six Championship matches at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded seven and scored 12 goals.

Reading will probably do well to just fend off relegated this coming season and knowing how much every point counts, they should be ready from the outset.

It is all or nothing with Sunderland following one win in their previous three outings. They first went down 0-1 in an encounter with Norwich to which, they replied by beating Rotherham3-0. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 1-0 against Middlesbrough. Sunderland, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn one and lost three in their last six away in the Championship.

Few people saw Sunderland at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

Reading and Sunderland seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Reading have taken three points from their last three games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of three goals to five. Sunderland won one of their last four matches against teams from the top half of the Championship table, scoring six and conceding seven goals. They collected four points from these.

Reading vs Sunderland Stats

Reading vs Sunderland Team News

Reading could have up to five missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Sunderland on Wednesday.

Shane Long, Ovie Ejaria, Liam Moore, Femi Azeez and Scott Dann are all absent from the Reading squad that faces Sunderland at Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Sunderland seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Select Car Leasing Stadium to face Reading.

Daniel Ballard is too injured to face Sunderland.

Reading vs Sunderland H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Reading played against Sunderland. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Reading enter the match against Sunderland with a 3-1-2 record in their previous six encounters. A win rate of 50%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Reading vs Sunderland Results

Reading vs Sunderland Betting Tips

Lucas Joao look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Championship matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Ross Stewart adds to his four Championship goals come this coming Wednesday.

Reading won five times in their last 10 Championship matches. Visitors Sunderland claimed four wins in their previous 10 league matches.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past six encounters between Reading and Sunderland, with Reading scoring 1.33 goals on average per game. Sunderland averaged 1.33 goals, while both teams scored three times. Reading performed an average of 1.1 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of the last ten matches Sunderland played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.