Our prediction for this Championship match:
Reading
Match Time & Date:
01/12/2018
10:00 AM
Prediction: 0-1
Stoke City
Stoke City did not make a flying start to the season, but they have been raising their form week by week and, as a result, they are only five points behind the play-offs berth ahead of the trip to Reading. The Potters did well to beat Frank Lampard’s Derby in midweek, with the team extending their unbeaten run in the English second tier to six games. Stoke City are a real force to be reckoned with at home, but seeing that they have found their form of late, we predict that they are going to beat Reading at Madejski Stadium. The Royals have been struggling in front of goal of late and you should bear in mind that they failed to score in previous two league fixtures against Wigan (0-0) and Leeds United (0-1). When the two teams met in the Premier League five years ago Stoke defeated Reading 2-1.
Reading vs Stoke City H2H
Reading
42%
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58%
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Stoke City
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Reading vs Stoke City H2H
REA
42%
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Position
58%
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STO
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Last 6 Matches
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Highlighted Player (Leandro Bacuna):
Despite being born in Netherlands Leandro Bacuna decided to represent Curacao on international stage. The powerful midfielder, who parents are of Curacaoan descent, is a product of Groningen youth school and it has to be noted that he scored 14 goals in 109 appearances for the first team.
After ending his spell with Groningen, Leandro Bacuna joined Aston Villa in 2013 and he has been playing for the Villa Park outfit ever since. The Curacao international scored his first Premier League goal in September, 2013 against Manchester City, but seeing that Aston Villa coaches often used him as a full back he was not impressive in front of goal in previous seasons.
Leandro Bacuna was born in Groningen on August 21, 1991 and it has to be noted that he received his first call-up for the Curacao national football team 25 years later, in March 2016. The two teams played out a 1-1 draw in San Salvador, with Bacuna picking up a yellow card in the 54th minute of the game.
Highlighted Team (Stoke City):
Stoke City FC (named Stoke FC until 1925) is an English football club from the city Stoke-on-Trent (located in the north of England). De club was founded in the year 1863 and next to Notts County FC the club from Stoke is the oldest professional football club worldwide. Different signs of Stoke City show that the club is founded in 1868. Currently Stoke City is playing in the Premier League. The home games of Stoke City are hosted in the Britannia Stadium which holds a capacity for 29 000 spectators.
The most known nickname of Stoke City FC is the Potters. The main club colors of the club are red and white. The away it is colored in blue. The only 3 prizes Stoke City managed to win so far are the League Cup in 1972 and the Football League Trophy twice (1992 and 2000). Famous players that played for Stoke City FC are: Ameobi, Gudjohnsen and Peter Crouch.
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