Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Reading FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Reading FC — Championship at Hillsborough Stadium.
- Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Oliver Langford
- Referee James Wilson
- Referee Rob Merchant
- Referee Andy Woolmer
24 games this season 🟨 0.2/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# 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 02 Dec Reading FC H 1–1 D 28 Nov Stoke City FC H 0–0 D 25 Nov Swansea City AFC A 1–1 D 21 Nov Preston North End FC A 0–1 L 07 Nov Millwall FC H 0–0 D 03 Nov AFC Bournemouth H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC A 1–1 D 28 Nov Bristol City FC H 3–1 W 25 Nov Millwall FC A 1–1 D 21 Nov AFC Bournemouth A 2–4 L 07 Nov Stoke City FC H 0–3 L 04 Nov Preston North End FC H 0–3 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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sheffield Wednesday FC and Reading FC has kicked off!
- 5' The travelling Reading FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It’s high time Tony Pulis made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 12' GOAL! Callum Paterson scores on 12.
- 17' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sheffield Wednesday FC that had 371 games and scored 383 goals.
- 22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 27' Supporters expect more eagerness from Michael Morrison, as he is very good at scoring at Hillsborough Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Liam Shaw.
- 35' Sheffield Wednesday FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 40' 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.
- 44' Goal! Lucas Joao scores his 62 goal in 371 matches.
- 46' Moses Odubajo is replacing Liam Palmer for the Sheffield Wednesday FC side.
- 51' 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.
- 53' Sheffield Wednesday FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 53.
- 58' Tom Lees needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 59' The referee shows Sheffield Wednesday FC player a Yellow card on 59.
- 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 69' Sheffield Wednesday FC is showing some good football. However, Sheffield Wednesday FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' Sone Aluko is replacing Andy Rinomhota for the Reading FC side.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for Sam Baldock. He replaces Michael Olise on 75 minute.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sheffield Wednesday FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 85' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Massimo Luongo made 370 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 90' The Sheffield Wednesday FC manager makes a substitution. Kadeem Harris departs to be replaced by Elias Kachunga.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Kadeem Harris ↓ Elias Kachunga 90'
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Barry Bannan C ↓ Dominic Iorfa 46'
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- 11
- 28
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Liam Palmer ↓ Moses Odubajo 46'
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Joost van Aken ↓ Joey Pelupessy 46'
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Bench
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45
Elias Kachunga ↑ 90'
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- 14
- 25
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Joey Pelupessy ↑ 46'
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Moses Odubajo ↑ 46'
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Dominic Iorfa ↑ 46'
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Coach Tony PulisReading FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 3
- 29
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Andy Rinomhota ↓ Sone Aluko 70'
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- 18
- 28
- 33
- 30
- 14
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Michael Olise ↓ Sam Baldock 75'
Bench
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24
Sone Aluko ↑ 70'
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Sam Baldock ↑ 75'
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Lago Pontes Esteves ↑ 70'
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Coach Veljko Paunovic -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lucas Joao 2 Lucas Joao 2 Yakou Meite 2 Kadeem Harris 1 Sam Hutchinson 1 Sam Baldock 1 George Puscas 1 Liam Moore 1 Head to Head
Sheffield Wednesday FC Form
2020-12-02 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2020-11-28 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2020-11-25 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2020-11-21 Preston North End FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-11-07 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Millwall FC D 2020-11-03 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 AFC Bournemouth W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.26 Sheffield Wednesday FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 Reading FC xGI would bet for: Sheffield Wednesday FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.29Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Sheffield Wednesday FC or Draw 72%Draw or Reading FC 57%Sheffield Wednesday FC or Reading FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 12.4%1 – 0 11.6%0 – 1 9.2%2 – 1 8%2 – 0 7.8%1 – 2 6.5%0 – 2 5.2%2 – 2 4.2%3 – 1 3.4%3 – 0 3.2%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Sheffield Wednesday FC
Handicap Sheffield Wednesday FC covers Push Reading FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 12% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 22% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Reading FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.