Match Report
In the standings it was Reading 12th on 63 points, Blackpool 13th on 60 — separated by 3. Recent form told a different story for Reading: only 23rd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 12th. Scoring rates set the scale: Reading 1.39 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Blackpool 1.17 and 1.41, with the league averaging 1.32.
Reading were winless in 5. Momentum sat with Blackpool, winners of their last three. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Reading against 12/15 for Blackpool.
GioScore's database holds 19 meetings between the two: 8 for Reading, 9 for Blackpool and 2 drawn, at 3.26 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 68% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 68% of the meetings.
Select Car Leasing Stadium, capacity 24,161, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Blackpool: CJ Hamilton (75')
Key stats
Possession: Reading 56% · Blackpool 44% · Total shots: 13-11 · On target: 0-5 · Corners: 3-8