Reading FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Reading FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC — Championship at Madejski Stadium.
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee George Byrne
- Referee Nigel Lugg
- Referee James Linington
- Referee Ben Speedie
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Mar Sheffield Wednesday FC H 3–0 W 02 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–0 W 27 Feb Rotherham United FC A 1–0 W 23 Feb Wycombe Wanderers FC A 0–1 L 20 Feb Middlesbrough FC H 0–2 L 16 Feb Bristol City FC A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Mar Reading FC A 0–3 L 03 Mar Rotherham United FC H 1–2 L 27 Feb Luton Town FC A 2–3 L 24 Feb Brentford FC A 0–3 L 20 Feb Birmingham City FC H 0–1 L 16 Feb Stoke City FC A 0–1 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history9% Clean Sheets
Sheffield Wednesday FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sheffield Wednesday FC0-151/216-30–/131-452/146-60–/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Sheffield Wednesday FC gets underway.
- 5' It looks surprising Sheffield Wednesday FC does not make any changes. Michael Olise has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' Sam Hutchinson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 15' Sheffield Wednesday FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' 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.
- 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 29' Julian Borner was booked on 29.
- 30' Reading FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Michael Olise on 30.
- 32' The Sheffield Wednesday FC manager makes a substitution. Barry Bannan departs to be replaced by Matthew Penney.
- 37' The referee shows Reading FC player a Yellow card on 37.
- 42' Reading FC is showing some good football. However, Reading FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 47' Sheffield Wednesday FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 52' Tom McIntyre has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 57' Reading FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
- 62' It’s high time Darren Moore made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 65' GOAL! Lucas Joao scores on 65. Assisted by Andy Yiadom
- 67' Reading FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sone Aluko is hanging Lucas Joao on the field on 67 minute.
- 70' Jordan Rhodes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Callum Paterson on 70 minute.
- 75' The travelling Sheffield Wednesday FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Liam Palmer made 371 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 82' Reading FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sam Baldock is hanging George Puscas on the field on 82 minute.
- 85' The supporters are chanting for Joey Pelupessy. He replaces Josh Windass on 85 minute.
- 88' What a strike from Andy Yiadom! The score is 3-0.
- 90' Reading FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Femi Azeez is hanging Joshua Laurent on the field on 90 minute.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Reading FC players.
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Lineups
Reading FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 29
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Lucas Joao ↓ Sone Aluko 67'
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28
Joshua Laurent ↓ Femi Azeez 90'
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47
George Puscas ↓ Sam Baldock 82'
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- 5
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7
Michael Olise ↓ Dejan Tetek 82'
Bench
- 44
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24
Sone Aluko ↑ 67'
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9
Sam Baldock ↑ 82'
- 22
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2
Lago Pontes Esteves ↑ 90'
- 48
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34
Dejan Tetek ↑ 82'
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45
Femi Azeez ↑ 90'
- 50
Coach Veljko PaunovicSheffield Wednesday FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 19
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5
Callum Paterson ↓ Jordan Rhodes 70'
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7
Kadeem Harris ↓ Jack Marriott 70'
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10
Barry Bannan C ↓ Matthew Penney 32'
- 6
- 15
- 28
- 2
- 26
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18
Josh Windass ↓ Joey Pelupessy 85'
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Bench
- 45
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9
Jack Marriott ↑ 70'
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20
Jordan Rhodes ↑ 70'
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14
Matthew Penney ↑ 32'
- 11
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Joey Pelupessy ↑ 85'
- 24
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Coach Darren Moore -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lucas Joao 2 Yakou Meite 2 Lucas Joao 2 Andy Yiadom 1 Michael Olise 1 Adam Reach 1 Lucas Joao 1 Kadeem Harris 1 Head to Head
Reading FC Form
Sheffield Wednesday FC Form
2021-03-06 Reading FC 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2021-03-03 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Rotherham United FC L 2021-02-27 Luton Town FC 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2021-02-24 Brentford FC 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2021-02-20 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC L 2021-02-16 Stoke City FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.65 Reading FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.84 Sheffield Wednesday FC xGI would bet for: Reading FC to win 58% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Reading FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.49Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Reading FC or Draw 83%Draw or Sheffield Wednesday FC 42%Reading FC or Sheffield Wednesday FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Reading FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.7%1 – 1 12.3%2 – 0 10.9%0 – 0 10.3%2 – 1 9.2%0 – 1 5.9%3 – 0 Actual3 – 1 5.1%1 – 2 4.6%2 – 2 3.9%0 – 2 2.8%4 – 0 2.5%Asian Handicap — Reading FC
Handicap Reading FC covers Push Sheffield Wednesday FC covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 17% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 24% 45% -0.5 55% — 45% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 12% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Reading FC keeps clean sheet 43% ✗Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.