About Match
3 points for Crystal Palace U18 (12th), 1 for Reading U18 (15th): a 2-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Reading U18: only 27th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 15th. Per game in the league, Crystal Palace U18 score 1.5 and conceding 2.5, Reading U18 1.25 and 4.5, against a competition average of 2.5 goals per team per game. Reading U18 would climb to 4 points with a win, overtaking Crystal Palace U18 (other results held equal).
Crystal Palace U18 have been beaten in three straight games.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Crystal Palace U18, 1 draw and 0 for Reading U18, at 3.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals.