Reading FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Reading FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at Select Car Leasing Stadium.
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep Sunderland AFC H 0–3 L 04 Sep Stoke City FC H 2–1 W 30 Aug Sheffield United FC A 0–4 L 27 Aug Millwall FC A 1–0 W 20 Aug Middlesbrough FC H 1–0 W 17 Aug Blackburn Rovers FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep Reading FC A 3–0 W 05 Sep Middlesbrough FC A 0–1 L 31 Aug Rotherham United FC H 3–0 W 27 Aug Norwich City FC H 0–1 L 20 Aug Stoke City FC A 1–0 W 17 Aug Sheffield United FC A 1–2 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Select Car Leasing Stadium that hosts another battle between Reading FC and Sunderland AFC.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Reading FC that had 379 games and scored 433 goals.
- 10' Tom McIntyre has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' Loum Ndiaye needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 34 Yellow cards this season.
- 25' It looks surprising Reading FC does not make any changes. Junior Hoilett has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' 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.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Danny Batth made 383 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 37' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Elliot Embleton is hanging Ellis Simms on the field on 37 minute.
- 39' Patrick Roberts puts Sunderland AFC on the lead.
- 41' Patrick Roberts with the second goal in the match!
- 46' Abdul Rahman Baba has so much to prove this time. He replaces Loum Ndiaye on 46 minute.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jay Matete, as he is very good at scoring at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 56' Reading FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
- 61' The travelling Sunderland AFC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 62' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ajibola Alese.
- 65' The Reading FC manager makes a substitution. Sam Hutchinson departs to be replaced by Yakou Meite.
- 69' What a strike from Jack Clarke! The score is 0-3.
- 71' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Andy Yiadom.
- 73' Jay Matete is replacing Patrick Roberts for the Sunderland AFC side.
- 78' 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.
- 83' It’s high time Tony Mowbray made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 85' Another change for Reading FC made on 85 minute. Lucas Joao leaves to be changed by Michael Craig.
- 90' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 90 minutes.
- Full Time. Sunderland AFC beats Reading FC
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Lineups
Reading FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Sam Hutchinson ↓ Yakou Meite 65'
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Lucas Joao ↓ Michael Craig 85'
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Loum Ndiaye ↓ Abdul Rahman Baba 46'
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Bench
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Yakou Meite ↑ 65'
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Abdul Rahman Baba ↑ 46'
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Michael Craig ↑ 85'
Coach Paul InceSunderland AFC Lineups
Starting XI
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Alex Pritchard ↓ Amad 73'
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Patrick Roberts ↓ Jay Matete 73'
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Ellis Simms ↓ Elliot Embleton 37'
Bench
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Elliot Embleton ↑ 37'
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Jay Matete ↑ 73'
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Amad ↑ 73'
Coach Tony Mowbray -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Patrick Roberts 3 Jack Clarke 1 Head to Head
Reading FC Form
Sunderland AFC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.95 Reading FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.57 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Sunderland AFC or Draw 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sunderland AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.52Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Reading FC or Draw 55%Draw or Sunderland AFC 73%Reading FC or Sunderland AFC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sunderland AFC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.9%0 – 1 11.6%0 – 0 10.1%0 – 2 9.6%1 – 2 9.1%1 – 0 6.6%2 – 1 5.5%0 – 3 Actual1 – 3 4.8%2 – 2 4.4%2 – 0 3.5%2 – 3 2.4%Asian Handicap — Reading FC
Handicap Reading FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 14% 78% -0.5 22% — 78% +0.5 50% — 50% +1 50% 23% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 16% 11% +2.5 89% — 11% Clean Sheet
Reading FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.