Thursday , 2 July 2026

Reading FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2021-22
Reading FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Preston North End FC
Sat 14 Aug 2021 · 14:00 UTC Select Car Leasing Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Michael Morrison 59' Y
Ethan Bristow 66' Y
Joshua Laurent 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Reading FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Coventry City FC 46 95
2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84
3 Millwall FC 46 83
4 Southampton FC 46 80
5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80
6 Hull City AFC 46 73
7 Wrexham AFC 46 71
8 Derby County FC 46 69
9 Norwich City FC 46 65
10 Birmingham City FC 46 64
11 Swansea City AFC 46 64
12 Bristol City FC 46 62
13 Sheffield United FC 46 60
14 Preston North End FC 46 60
15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58
16 Watford FC 46 57
17 Stoke City FC 46 55
18 Portsmouth FC 46 55
19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53
20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52
21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51
22 Oxford United FC 46 47
23 Leicester City FC 46 46
24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0

Head-to-Head

6
1
3
Reading FC 10 games · Avg 2.8 goals Preston North End FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-08-14 Reading FC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2021-01-24 Preston North End FC 0–0 Reading FC 2020-11-04 Reading FC 0–3 Preston North End FC 2019-12-29 Preston North End FC 0–2 Reading FC 2019-10-19 Reading FC 1–0 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Reading FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Aug Preston North End FC H 2–1 W
07 Aug Stoke City FC A 2–3 L
08 May Huddersfield Town AFC H 2–2 D
01 May Norwich City FC A 1–4 L
25 Apr Swansea City AFC H 2–2 D
21 Apr Luton Town FC A 0–0 D
Preston North End FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Aug Reading FC A 1–2 L
07 Aug Hull City AFC H 1–4 L
08 May Nottingham Forest FC A 2–1 W
01 May Barnsley FC H 2–0 W
24 Apr Coventry City FC A 1–0 W
20 Apr Derby County FC H 3–0 W

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Preston North End FC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' It is a cagey affair so far. Reading FC in their trying to find a way past Preston North End FC's compact .
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Reading FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' Reading FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Preston North End FC's shape.
  • 20' It looks surprising Preston North End FC does not make any changes. Alan Browne has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' Preston North End FC have won 414 goals from 378 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 28' The England Femi Azeez breaks the deadlock on 28 minutes. 1-0!
  • 33' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 38' Preston North End FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 43' Preston North End FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 43.
  • 48' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 53' It’s high time Veljko Paunovic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 58' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Reading FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 59' Poor challenge from Michael Morrison. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 60' GOAL! Daniel Johnson fires home to make it 1-1!
  • 61' GOAL! Daniel Johnson fires home to make it 1-2!
  • 63' Preston North End FC make a change. Emil Riis Jakobsen trudges off to be replaced by Brad Potts on 63 minutes.
  • 66' Ethan Bristow catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 66.
  • 69' What a strike from John Swift! The score is 2-2.
  • 70' Ben Whiteman is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ryan Ledson at the 70 minute mark.
  • 75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joshua Laurent made 329 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 80' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 81' The crowd applauds Greg Cunningham as he leaves the pitch. Sean Maguire steps in for Preston North End FC.
  • 85' A change in the Reading FC ranks — Lucas Joao exits the field as George Puscas enters on 85.
  • 90' Joshua Laurent picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lucas Joao 5
Daniel Johnson 4
John Swift 3
Brad Potts 2
Ched Evans 2
Modou Barrow 1
Kelvin Ehibhaimha 1
Leandro Bacuna 1

Head to Head

2021-08-14 Reading FC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2021-01-24 Preston North End FC 0–0 Reading FC 2020-11-04 Reading FC 0–3 Preston North End FC 2019-12-29 Preston North End FC 0–2 Reading FC 2019-10-19 Reading FC 1–0 Preston North End FC

Reading FC Form

2021-08-14 Reading FC 2–1 Preston North End FC W 2021-08-07 Stoke City FC 3–2 Reading FC L 2021-05-08 Reading FC 2–2 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2021-05-01 Norwich City FC 4–1 Reading FC L 2021-04-25 Reading FC 2–2 Swansea City AFC D 2021-04-21 Luton Town FC 0–0 Reading FC D

Preston North End FC Form

2021-08-14 Reading FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2021-08-07 Preston North End FC 1–4 Hull City AFC L 2021-05-08 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2021-05-01 Preston North End FC 2–0 Barnsley FC W 2021-04-24 Coventry City FC 0–1 Preston North End FC W 2021-04-20 Preston North End FC 3–0 Derby County FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.36 Reading FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.15 Preston North End FC xG
I would bet for: Reading FC or Preston North End FC 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Reading FC44% Draw28% Preston North End FC28%
Actual: Reading FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.51
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw
72%
Draw or Preston North End FC
56%
Reading FC or Preston North End FC
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Reading FC29% Draw49% Preston North End FC22%
Actual: Reading FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.6%
0 – 0
10.2%
1 – 0
10%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
8.2%
2 – 0
7.3%
1 – 2
7%
0 – 2
5.2%
2 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
3.8%
3 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap Reading FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 21% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 18% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.