Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
16/12/2022
22:00
Prediction: 1-1
Reading
Following a goalless draw with Blackpool, Birmingham City will look to put an end to their three-game winless run when they face Reading on Matchday 23. The Blues are five points behind the playoffs berth, but they need to get back on course as soon as possible if they are to secure a top-six finish. Both Harlee Dean and Przemyslaw Placheta are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Meanwhile, the Royals have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team beating both Hull City and Coventry City in the previous two league fixtures. Reading have a chance to climb to the playoffs places, and seeing that they will go for a win as well, both teams to score betting option should be considered. All Dejan Tetek, Liam Moore, and Scott Dann miss out with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (George Friend):
George Friend has played for no less than nine English clubs so far in his career. Friend made his first-team debut for non-League club Exeter City on April 17, 2006 in a goalless draw with Forest Green Rovers and he stayed at St James Park until 2008. After ending his loan spells with Tiverton Town and Team Bath he joined Wolverhampton, but he made no more than seven appearances for the Wolves in the league.
The 188-cm-tall left-back, who is capable of playing as a centre-back as well, played for the likes of Millwall, Southend, Scunthorpe United and Exeter City on loan during his spell with Wolverhampton and at the end of the 2009/2010 season he signed a two-year deal with Doncaster Rovers. Friend made his Doncaster debut on August 7, 2010 in a 2-0 win over Preston and after three years at the club he was sold to Middlesbrough for a fee of £100,000.
The left-footed defender has been playing for Boro ever since and you should know that he made 24 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 Premier League campaign.
Highlighted Team (Reading):
Reading FC is a professional football club that play in the Championship. The club was formed in 1871 and Madejski Stadium has been the home of Reading since 1998. The Royals used to play their home games at Elm Park in the past (1896 - 1998). Reading made it to the FA Cup semi-finals on two occasions (1927, 2015), but they have yet to win the prestigious trophy.
The likes of Robin Friday, Trevor Senior, Steve Death, Shaka Hislop, Phil Parkinson, Alf Messer, Jimmy Quinn, Michael Gilkes, Ronnie Blackman, Pavel Pogrebnyak and Martin Hicks are some of their more notable footballers. Aldershot Town were considered Reading’s fiercest rivals, but the Shots went out of business in 1992.
Seeing that Aldershot rejoined the league in 2008 it remains to be seen if the rivalry is going to be re-established in near future. Swindon Town and Oxford United are considered Reading’s big rivals as well.
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