Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Birmingham City (1st, 111 pts) held a 36-point advantage over Reading (7th, 75 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Reading 1.48 scored and 1.24 conceded per game, Birmingham City 1.83 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.29.
Birmingham City came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
24 meetings are on record — 9 won by Reading, 11 by Birmingham City, 4 drawn, at 2.54 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading staged the fixture, a ground that holds 24,161. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.




